Moscow, Idaho narrates the story of �, an Ecuadorian expatriate who travels to the northwestern United States to do a Ph. D. With a detailed and analytical prose, Mayorga examines the rural life that surrounds the village, stopping at everyday events -- buying a car, adopting a dog, living with a female roommate, going to the gym. Upon writing about these apparently unimportant events, he draws a sharp portrait of the conceptual surroundings of academic life, its particular environment, and the struggles of specific foreign students. This second novel confirms he is one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Ecuadorian literature. Moscow, Idaho narra la historia de Đ, un expatriado ecuatoriano que se ha avecindado en el noroeste de Estados Unidos para hacer un doctorado. Con un ojo paciente y simultáneamente mordaz, Mayorga examina la vida rural que circunda al pueblo, se detiene en los eventos cotidianos -- la compra de un auto, el trato con un perro, la vida con una compañera de departamento, el ejercicio en el gimnasio -- y a partir de la indagación de estos rincones mínimos dibuja un retrato agudo de la vida académica, el entorno rural y la intimidad de los estudiantes extranjeros. Con ésta, su segunda novela, Mayorga se consolida como una de las más interesantes voces de la literatura ecuatoriana.
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