El exodo de Yangana (1949), considered to be the most important novel by Angel F. Rojas (Loja, Ecuador, 1909-2003), is an obvious precursor of the "Latin American Boom" discourse. Rojas builds upon the social messages of Huasipungo (Icaza, 1934) and El mundo es ancho y ajeno (Alegria, 1941), adding the magical language and poetry of Pedro Paramo (Rulfo, 1955), La casa verde (Vargas Llosa, 1966) and Cien anos de soledad (Garcia Marquez, 1967). In the words of Enrique Anderson Imbert, Rojas brought new techniques to the novel...there is a social thesis in his works], but the narrative prose,...
El exodo de Yangana (1949), considered to be the most important novel by Angel F. Rojas (Loja, Ecuador, 1909-2003), is an obvious precursor of the "La...
