Luis Leal

"Bringing together a representative selection of Leal's writings from the past sixty years, this volume, edited by the distinguished cultural critic Ilan Stavans, is at once a wide-ranging introduction to the most influential scholar of Latino literature and a critical history of the field as it emerged and developed through the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

Juan Rulfo has published only three slender volumes of fiction, yet his name has become well known throughout the literary world. The fact that his works capture the very essence of Mexico, its geography, its people, may explain his popularity. My purpose here is to present as complete a study of Rulfo's life and works as possible.