"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.
- ISBN10 1429921587
- ISBN13 9781429921589
- Publish Date 4 March 2011 (first published 1 February 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Format eBook
- Pages 288
- Language English