Los peregrinos inmóviles (1944) by Gregorio López y fuentes in the context of the political-ideological debate on “national unity”

Abstract

Los peregrinos inmóviles (1944) by López y Fuentes has often been considered an indigenous novel, even though it radically departs from the canonical model. In reality, the novelist proposes a mythical review of the country's history, in which internal conflicts and civil wars have prevailed, leaving it in a position of weakness in the face of attacks by foreign nations. However, the novelist raises the possibility of overcoming the differences that have hampered its development, especially ethnic ones, through a racial mixing that does not renounce indigenous roots and the integration of all its social components that establish nationality, in accordance with the policy of "National Unity" defended by the presidency of Ávila Camacho.