false <![CDATA[When the Elephants Dance]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166697157m/16035.jpg 16035 5 Tess Uriza Holthe writes with a mixture of metaphor and fact, a combination of the supernatural and the all-too-real. <I>When the Elephants Dance</I> 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. The chickens are, of course, the ordinary Filipinos. Three of these "chickens" by turns tell us the story of the Japanese occupation as a small neighborhood near Manila literally goes underground, hiding in the cellar and swapping stories. 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. But readers who stay with her will be rewarded with an extraordinary display of historical color, and will certainly root for her three narrators. <I>--Claire Dederer</I> 2074473 2002 When the Elephants Dance total:606|5:225|4:240|3:103|2:24|1:14| 606 2456 843 136 5 3 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jan 22 21:07:55 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 22:55:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jul 30 13:01:31 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 17:10:59 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 16:58:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 12 21:08:44 -0700 2009 1 Tess Uriza Holthe, on the GoodReads.com network. Check it out at:

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