Tayson, born and raised in an immigrant neighborhood in São Paulo, returns with his family to El Alto, in Bolivia, the land of his parents. His cousin, the narrator of the novel, receives the returnee, who soon immerses himself in... a process of assimilation? In a search for self and community identity? In longing for the lost Brazil? El Alto, which together with La Paz forms an immense metropolis, a crossroads of times, ancient and modern at the same time, is the scene of that exploration that takes Tayson and his cousin through the sweet hell of puberty and adolescence, a journey of initiation that, to the rhythm of K-pop and Andean cumbia, runs between neon lights and pre-Inca monoliths, between a web of neighborhoods perched on gorges and the bustle of traditional markets.