Death in the Andes
First edition (Spanish) | |
| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lituma en los Andes |
| Translator | Edith Grossman |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Planeta |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 1996 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 288 p. |
| Awards | Premio Planeta de Novela |
| ISBN | 84-08-01047-6 |
| OCLC | 36562390 |
Death in the Andes (Lituma en los Andes) is a 1993 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa. Civil Guard member Corporal Lituma has been transferred to the rural mountain town of Naccos, where he investigates the disappearances of three men, while under the constant threat of Senderista guerrilla attacks.
The novel won Spain's Premio Planeta de Novela in 1993 and was translated into English in 1996 by Edith Grossman.