📚 The genius writer of few books

Although they vary in style, themes and even political ideologies, Latin America’s most acclaimed writers usually share the trait of being prolific, authoring vast collections of novels, poems and short stories that elevated them to the pantheon of greats. 

Juan Rulfo does not fit in that group. Although he is undoubtedly part of the region’s literary canon, the Mexican writer only published three books in his entire career, and all of them were written in less than a decade…

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