Death in the Andes (Magill Book Reviews)
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- Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism
- Subjects: Politics, Love or romance, Supernatural, Superstition, Human rights, Poverty or poor people, Economics, Mysteries, Spiritualism, Military life or service, Catholics or Catholic Church, Terrorism or terrorists, Guerrillas or guerrilla warfare, South America or South Americans, Peru or Peruvians, Sacrifice
- Locales: Andes, Peru
Like many of Vargas Llosa’s earlier novels, such as THE GREEN HOUSE (1968) and CONVERSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL (1975), DEATH IN THE ANDES is an ambitious novel about Peru in the last part of the twentieth century. The central question in DEATH IN THE ANDES, to which there are no simple answers, is the following: What is it about Peru and about Peruvian culture and beliefs that has allowed the phenomenon of Shining Path guerrillas to represent part of its national identity? The basic structure of the novel is that of a conversation between two men—Lituma and his young aide, Tomas...
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