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El Chulla Romero y Flores is a 1958 novel by the Ecuadorian writerJorge Icaza (1906–1978).
The book exploresmestizo cultural identity. The protagonist, Romero y Flores, is conflicted between identifying with either his father's Spanish descent or his mother's Amerindian origins. Once he attains a balance of identity, he finds the tranquility he has been searching for.
The book has been translated into many languages, including Czech, German, and French, among others. It has not yet been translated into English.
While Icaza's 1934 novelHuasipungo (English trans:The Villagers, 1964) is his most famous work, many literary experts, such as Theodore Alan Sackett inEl arte en la novelística de Jorge Icaza (1974), have hailedEl chulla Romero y Flores as his masterpiece.
A chulla is a middle-class man or woman of mixed European and Amerindian descent who scorns his Amerindian side while exalting his European side. The chulla is obsessed with maintaining the appearance of status and social success.[1]
Considering "chulla," anantonomasia of Ecuador,Claude Couffon titled his 1993 French translation "L'homme de Quito" (The Man from Quito).
Chulla's origin comes from theQuichua language, which means: Alone. Odd.
El chulla Romero y Flores was made into a TV movie in 1995 for Ecuavisa. It was filmed in Ecuador and directed by Carl West. The story takes place in 1950s Ecuador and narrates the activities of the chulla Luis Alfonso Romero y Flores, his job as a bureaucrat, bohemian nights spent among friends, and his romance with Rosario Santacruz.[2]
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