Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery Culture: Latin-American
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ISBNs: 9780571175499 9780312427252 057117549X 0312427255 |
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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.
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