Don Goyo (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Demetrio Aguilera Malta
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Plot: Realism and fantasy
- Time of Work: Undefined
- Setting: A group of islands on the coast of Ecuador, near Guayaquil
- Principal Characters: Don Goyo, Cusumbo, Gertru, Don Carlos, Don Leiton, Ña Andrea
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Islands, Legends, Disasters, Trees, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Fishing or fishermen, Imperialism
- Locales: Islands, Ecuador
The Novel
This work combines the realism of the life of the cholos in the coastal areas of Ecuador with the fantastic elements of the legends that prevail in those tropical regions. The action evolves around two central characters, Don Goyo and Cusumbo. The former is the patriarch of the island region and of the town of Cerrito de Morreños, which he founded after leaving his native town and which he helped develop into a peaceful and harmonious community. During the action of the novel, Don Goyo, nearly 150 years old, is still the virile man and the authority figure...
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