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Download * When the Elephants Dance PDF by * Tess Uriza Holthe eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. When the Elephants Dance The group is held spellbound by these stories, which feature a dazzling array of ghosts, witches, supernatural creatures, and courageous Filipinos who changed the course of history with their actions. These profoundly moving stories transport the listeners from the chaos of the war around them and give them new resolve to fight on.With When the Elephants Dance Holthe has not only written a gripping narrative of how Alejandro, Isabelle, Domingo and their community fight for survival, but a
| Title | : | When the Elephants Dance |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142002887 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-16 |
| Language | : | English |
The group is held spellbound by these stories, which feature a dazzling array of ghosts, witches, supernatural creatures, and courageous Filipinos who changed the course of history with their actions. These profoundly moving stories transport the listeners from the chaos of the war around them and give them new resolve to fight on.With When the Elephants Dance Holthe has not only written a gripping narrative of how Alejandro, Isabelle, Domingo and their community fight for survival, but a loving tribute to the magical realism that infuses Filipino culture. This stunning debut novel is the first to celebrate in such richness and dep
But readers who stay with her will be rewarded with an extraordinary display of historical color, and will certainly root for her three narrators. The chickens are, of course, the ordinary Filipinos. Holthe takes her onus as a seminal Filipino voice seriously; she sometimes seems determined to cram every bit of tradition, history, and myth into her novel, to the detriment of the plot's propulsion. Tess Uriza Holthe writes with a mixture of metaphor and fact, a combination of the supernatural and the all-too-real. --Claire Dederer. When the Elephants Dance opens, in fact, with an apposite metaphor for a horrible reality: "Papa explains the war like this: 'When the elephants dance, the chickens must be careful.'" The elephants in question are the Americans and the Japanese, fighting for possession of the Philippines. Three of these "chickens" by turns tell us the story of the Japanese occupation as a small neighborhood near Manila literally goes u
Complex, a bit slow in spots and rich Readsalot Through the characters in the book, the author provides as much information about the Philippine culture as about the experience of locals during the war. Each character takes a turn telling stories to amuse the group while they wait in a cellar during bombing attacks. Heavy on story-telling, pointed abo. "Learning Read" according to Phoebe. The book has difficult and had parts that were troublesome to hear parts due to the war in the Philippines with the Japanese with true sadness and painThere is also the racial factor of the Spanish and the Filipinos that was ongoing. Something I never realized existed and perhaps continues today. There a. Lola R Fletcher said Definitely recommend the book. Had never read a story taking place in the Philippines during WWII. Very interesting side views of their culture thru some of the various stories by some of the characters. Definitely recommend the book.
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