Clorinda Matto de Turner was a major literary figure in 19th century Peru. She was a pioneer of indigenist literature, and was a crucial Peruvian writer in the shift from Romanticism to Naturalism. The late Antonio Cornejo-Polar was Professor of Spanish at The University of California, Berkeley. John Polt, Professor Emeritus of Spanish at the University of California, Berkeley, has translated several Spanish andSpanish American authors.

"[A] new and engaging translation."--he New York Times Book Review"This new and engaging translation by John H.R. Polt is part of Oxford University Press's wonderful Library of Latin America series."--The New York Times Book Review"A century ago this story of love doomed by priestly immorality provoked cries of outrage in Peru. There is in its message much that is still relevant today."--Library Journal