Pedro Paramo

Juan Rulfo (1918-1968) began his writing career late in life, publishing a collection of short stories, El Llano en Llamas (1953), translated into English as The Burning Plain (1967). His only novel, Pedro Páramo (1955) was later translated by Mexico's premier essayist and translator, Margaret Sayers Peden, in 1994 and has been reissued in 2002 -- with Josephine Sacabo's photos -- by UT Press.

Josephine Sacabo's presentation, "The Story Behind the Book: Pedro Páramo," at the Texas Book Festival takes place on Nov. 17 at 2pm at the state Capitol, room E1.014. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, check www.texasbookfestival.org.

"Sacabo & Rulfo, The Unreachable World of Susana San Juan -- Homage to Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo in 50 Photoworks by Josephine Sacabo" continues through March 2003. The exhibit is at the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography at Southwest Texas University in San Marcos. For more information, call 512/245-2313 or check www.library.swt.edu/swwc/wg.