num_pages: 184
description: 'The Burning Plain and Other Stories consists of fifteen pieces ranging from brief anecdotes, casual incidents that remind one of 'happenings' in pop art to short stories. Many, indeed, are short-short stories in deceptively elemental language and narrative technique; yet all have a sharp impact on the reader.... With a few bare phrases the author conveys a feeling for the bleak, harsh surroundings in which his people live.'
title: El Llano en Llamas
titlecomplete: El Llano en Llamas
genres: Classics, Magical Realism, Latin American Literature, Short Stories, Latin American, Novels, Spanish Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 20107
places: Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 1577865600000
name: Republic of Consciousness Prize
category: Longlist
publisher: French & European Pubns