Book Overview

Kadun is a work that weaves together literary recreation and historical synthesis to pay tribute to the Pericúes, the Indigenous people of the southernmost tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Through a sensitive and respectful narrative, the book reconstructs fragments of their daily life, their deep connection to the sea and the desert, their beliefs, their social organization, and the events that shaped their encounter with the colonial world.

The book unfolds on two complementary levels: on one hand, a literary voice that imagines and revives Pericú memory from within, restoring its humanity, language, and sense of place; on the other, a careful compilation of historical sources, chronicles, maps, and archaeological findings that support the narrative and anchor it in established academic knowledge.

Rather than idealizing or simplifying the past, Kadun seeks to understand it and reconnect it with the present, showing how the legacy of the ancient inhabitants of Yenekamú and Añuiti—today known as Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, respectively—remains alive in the geography, in place names, in the sea, and in cultural identity.

Author Overview

The editorial team of Tendencia, author of Kadun, approaches this book as an act of recovering the historical and cultural memory of Baja California Sur. The project stems from México Grand Hotels’ interest in documenting the history of the Pericúes as the region’s original inhabitants and the processes that shaped the identity of southern Baja, combining documentary research with a literary approach that emphasizes empathy and the symbolic reconstruction of the past.

Moving away from a strictly academic narrative, the team embraces literary recreation as a legitimate tool for bringing readers closer to historical realities that have often been fragmented or silenced, drawing on historical sources, missionary chronicles, archaeological studies, and specialized bibliography. This dual perspective—both literary and historical—allows Kadun to engage readers interested in the history of Los Cabos.

With this work, the author joins contemporary efforts to preserve and share the cultural heritage of Baja California Sur, offering a reading that not only informs but also invites readers to listen to the voices of the land and to recognize that the history of Baja California Sur is, above all, a story of encounters, resistance, and memories that continue to inhabit the land’s end.