Chronicle of San Gabriel

"Chronicle of San Gabriel" explores an isolated rural Peruvian community from the perspective of a city dweller. After his mother's death, Lucho, a teenager, is sent from Lima to stay with his relatives at the San Gabriel hacienda. There he witnesses the provincial customs of an agrarian community. He is fascinated by his manipulative young cousin, with whom he develops a tortuous relationship. The novel is a testimony to the decay of the large Peruvian landed estate.