Download or read book Torn from the Nest written by Clorinda Matto de Turner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Andean mountain community of Killac, Lucia and Don Fernando Marín become advocates for the local Indians who are being exploited by the priest, the governor, and the gentry. "After a romance blossoms between a member of the gentry and the peasant girl that Lucia and Don Fernando have adopted, a dreadful secret prevents their marriage and brings to a climax the novel's exposure of degradation."--Jacket.