Before 1960 it was very uncommon to hear of the "contemporary Spanish American novel": there were Uruguayan, Ecuadorian, Mexican or Venezuelan novels. ... During the "Boom," widespread interest in Latin American novels grew. ... The novels written before and during the "Boom" are linked together by defining characteristics. ... Unlike the current European trend, Latin American books were not written primarily to attack the very concept of the novel. ... These themes are seen in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years...

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