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This was an odd duck. At first I wondered about the translation, but Grossman is an old hand, so I'm not laying the reading experience at her feet. I'm a big fan of Llosa's War of the End of the World, which is pretty much an epic. With this one, it seems he wanted shrink his focus -- but still have it be a big novel that says things. Whatever. The numerous flashbacks got on my nerves (in English they seemed clumsily handled), and at times even manipulative, thus draining important scenes of the
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I read this book while in Peru and while I was in the Andes which I think really helped me understand it and increased my enjoyment of the book. This book is a lot of stories woven together but most notably modern politics with ancient beliefs. Sometimes this book creeped me out so much that I had to put it down while I was in the Andes. However I also really recommend it to anyone.
I wanted to know more about the serruchos and what they were up to. Their scenes felt disjointed and vague.
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