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| Genre/Form: | Political fiction Mystery fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mario Vargas Llosa; Edith Grossman |
| ISBN: | 0374140014 9780374140014 |
| OCLC Number: | 33132093 |
| Description: | 275 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Lituma en los Andes. |
| Responsibility: | Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated by Edith Grossman. |
Abstract:
"In this novel, simultaneous plot lines ranging from an investigation by Corporal Lituma of a mysterious disappearance, to his deputy's love affair with a prostitute, to an Andean community terrorized by Shining Path guerrillas, and the alternating first- and third-person narrators all obscure coherence. Grossman's lazy translation needlessly retains large doses of original Spanish lexicon. An introduction, maps, and a translator's note are badly needed to orient readers not familiar with Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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