AIPCT is please to announce its spring reading group, exploring two books by Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo and The Burning Plain. The editions to be used are at these links.
BOOK 1: Pedro Paramo
February 17th Pages 1 – 36
February 24th No Meeting
March 3rd Pages 36 – 64
March 10th Pages 64 – 94
March 17th Pages 94 – 126
BOOK 2: The Burning Plain
March 24th Pages 3 – 34
March 31st Pages 40 – 72
April 7th Pages 73 – 105
April 14th Pages 106 – 146
About the Author
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno,[a] best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ⓘ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986[1]), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo, and the collection of short stories El Llano en llamas (The Burning Plain, 1953). In spite of Rulfo’s slim literary production, he is considered one of the greatest Mexican and Latin American writers of the twentieth century who has influenced many subsequent writers including the Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez.
About the Group Leader
Odessa (aka) “Katrina” Colombo is a Senior Business Manager at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She holds a B.S. in Finance, a B.A. in philosophy and earned her M.A. in philosophy (2011) from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her interest in philosophy consists of the history of philosophy, Eastern philosophy, and existentialism. She is particularly focused on the epistemology of faith and cultural narratives. She led the AIPCT reading group on Women Who Run with the Wolves in Spring 2019, and the group reading The House of the Spirits in fall 2025.