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This 5 page report discusses the 1996 novel by Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa. The story revolves around the investigation of the disappearance of three men in a remote village in the Andes. Far more factors are at work than simple human crime and the most interesting aspects of the novel are the author’s diversions into the mystical possibilities (and probabilities) presented through the story. No secondary sources.
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Mario Vargas Llosa from Peru is not a commonly known name in the popular fiction mainstream but "Death in the Andes" should certainly serve as a giant step toward associating
with popular fiction authors such as Grisham, Cornwall, and Tyler. However, Vargas Llosas "Death in the Andes" has probably not received the attention it deserves since it is a
far more complex novel and does not immediately call to mind Tom Cruise or Julie Roberts as one of the key characters. Instead, the world created by Vargas Llosa
- terrorist guerrillas, environmental activists, army officers, an unworldly magic woman and her very strange partner, French tourists -- all have a meaningful role as Vargas Llosa develops a story
that revolves around the death of three men in a nearly inaccessible Andean village. However, the novel is much more than the typical detective story in an exotic
location. Instead, the reader sees into a tiny part of the terrorism that has plagued Peru in recent years. In fact, an entire drama of contemporary and unexpectedly
violent Peruvian society. Throughout the details of the soldiers investigation, the reader also sees a not-so-subtle blending of the present with the past, the physical and the mystical. Character Development
Nothing is quite what it appears in this novel, least of all the characters or the plot. For example, the main character, Police
Corporal Lituma, is described as "a man from the coast," meaning he is a modern man who is not taken in by the superstitions and mysticism that would be part
of the make-up of "a man from the mountains." Yet as a modern man, he has paid little attention to the myths of his own country. Lituma learns about
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