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Set in an isolated, rundown community in the Peruvian Andes, Vargas Llosa''s novel tells the story of a series of mysterious disappearances involving the Shining Path guerrillas and a local couple performing cannibalistic sacrifices with strange similiarities to the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece. Part detective novel and part political allegory, it offers a panoramic view of Peruvian society; not only of the current political violence and social upheaval, but also of the country''s past and its connection to Indian culture and pre-Hispanic mysticism.

Death in the Andes

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    A Paperback / softback by Mario Vargas Llosa, Ms Edith Grossman

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 2 October 2007
      ISBN-13 9780312427252
      978-0312427252
      ISBN-10 0312427255
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      Book Synopsis
      Set in an isolated, rundown community in the Peruvian Andes, Vargas Llosa''s novel tells the story of a series of mysterious disappearances involving the Shining Path guerrillas and a local couple performing cannibalistic sacrifices with strange similiarities to the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece. Part detective novel and part political allegory, it offers a panoramic view of Peruvian society; not only of the current political violence and social upheaval, but also of the country''s past and its connection to Indian culture and pre-Hispanic mysticism.

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