... not methodically investigated in the text. With so few details provided, the reader who looks for the coherent development of her character is invited to write his or her own story to fill in the spaces Rulfo deliberately left blank. This lack of narrative may frustrate us as we reflect on the character of Susana San Juan, yet at the same ... was Father....So he came to tell me good-bye" (90). Since this is a novel in which we may believe in ghosts and the supernatural (our reading of Juan Preciado's story has already caused us to suspend our disbelief), this assertion does not necessar...

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