Al primer vuelo

The narrative follows Alejandro Bermúdez Peleches, the last male heir of a rural household who inherits family property after siblings' deaths, returns from university and city life, marries, loses his wife and an eye, and maintains lively correspondence with a prosperous sister abroad. It sketches village social life in vivid vignettes—local clubs, gossip, professions, visits, maritime outings and civic incidents—mixing comic observation and regional detail. Episodes concentrate on small-town institutions, family fortunes, legal and personal entanglements, and the routines of rural characters, producing a panorama of customs and interpersonal tensions across episodic chapters.