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Original Title:	Lituma en los Andes
ISBN:	057117549X (ISBN13: 9780571175499)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Tomás Carreño, Corporal Lituma
Setting:	Peru (Perú)(Peru)
Literary Awards:	Premio Planeta (1993), Premio San Clemente for Novela Castelá (1995)

Death in the Andes

Mario Vargas Llosa

Paperback | Pages: 322 pages

Rating: 3.69 | 5989 Users | 532 Reviews

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Title	:	Death in the Andes
Author	:	Mario Vargas Llosa
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 322 pages
Published	:	1996 by Faber and Faber (first published 1993)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Latin American. Novels

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In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tom�s believe the Shining Path guerrillas are responsible, but the townspeople have their own ideas about the forces that claimed the bodies of the missing men. This riveting novel is filled with unforgettable characters, among them disenfranchised Indians, eccentric local folk, and a couple performing strange cannibalistic sacrifices. As the investigation moves forward, Tom�s entertains Lituma with the surreal tale of a precarious love affair. Death in the Andes is both a fascinating detective novel and an insightful political allegory. Mario Vargas Llosa offers a panoramic view of Peruvian society, from the recent social upheaval to the cultural influences in its past.

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I started reading this book before I went to Peru, and I was connecting with it. It is totally possible that I was distracted by trip preparations, etc. I picked up the book again at the end of my trip (when my Kindle, which had been malfunctioning on vacation, miraculously started working again.) And then I got totally absorbed. The landscapes of Peru were brought to life, and the mystery sucked me in!

This book doesn't just tell a story. It is told through stories, through storytelling, and this makes all the stories of Peru, even those beyond the confines of the page, one story. Mario Vargas Llosa doesn't give a damn about time or space or traditional plot; he doesnt care about making the reader comfortable or making reading easy; he cares about connections, and he makes them however he damn well pleases.Death in the Andes follows three stories (for a while). The first follows Corporal

This is not only the first book by Mario Vargas Llosa I have ever read, it is also, to the extent that I can recall, the first book about Peru I have ever read. Up to now my reading in Spanish American literature has been limited to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda, an author whose bona fides I suspect because, after all, he only has two names.I enjoyed the book, enjoyed reading it, followed it easily, saw how the minor episodes and activities and characters built the

I am ashamed to admit that I only recently (in my early 30s) "discovered" Vargas Llosa, and only read my first work by him in April (2013). My choice of "Death in the Andes" was twofold: first, I had been on a "mystery" binge for at least a year, devouring daily Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Jo Nesbo, Baldacci & the like, and was ready to move on to more substantial, less mind-numbing (written for entertainment value primarily) work--"Death in the Andes" seemed like a perfect transition, a more

To be honest, it was probably more of a 3.5 in my mind. The New York Times reviewer Smartt Bell sort of nailed my impression when he wrote, "'Death in the Andes' is fascinating without being fully satisfactory." The insider's perspective on the various faces of contemporary Peru were fascinating. The details on ancient Peruvian mysticism were fascinating (especially the whole pishtaco mythology...I'm glad I am aware of that legendry now). The overall structure with the present and past

I have enjoyed everything I have read by Vargas Llosa, so I am biased. This was a great read, I didn't want to put it down. I was quite surprised that it had a (relatively) happy ending, considering the whole novel is about the death and destruction brought on by terrorism and corrupt government.****I first read this novel in Spanish in June 2008. Three years later, I am reading it in English, planning to teach it in a freshman seminar, and trying to read it through the eyes of an 18-year-old.

This was an odd duck. At first I wondered about the translation, but Grossman is an old hand, so I'm not laying the reading experience at her feet. I'm a big fan of Llosa's War of the End of the World, which is pretty much an epic. With this one, it seems he wanted shrink his focus -- but still have it be a big novel that says things. Whatever. The numerous flashbacks got on my nerves (in English they seemed clumsily handled), and at times even manipulative, thus draining important scenes of