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Ecuador

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The Villagers

Jorge Icaza

The Villagers is an indictment of the latifundista system and a caustic picture of the native worker who, with little expectation from life, finds himself a victim of an antiquated feudal system aided and abetted by a grasping clergy and an indifferent govern­ment.

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The Devil's Nose

Luz Argentina Chiriboga

At the end of the nineteenth century, thousands of Jamaicans journeyed to Ecuador to fulfill their dreams for their future. But, to secure this dream, they had to accomplish their goal, which was to build President Eloy Alfaro’s dream project – a railroad system that would connect Guayaquil and Quito. In order to succeed, they had to conquer La nariz del diablo (The Devil’s Nose), one of the most dangerous peaks in the Andes Mountain.

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Wolves' Dream

Abdón Ubidia

Wolves' Dream is the story of five characters who hatch a plan to carry out a bank robbery in Quito, Ecuador in 1980, at the end of the oil boom. Against the background of the city, another character in the novel, the five schemers merge their talents and learn to overcome mutual mistrust to form a team in crime.

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