When the Elephants Dance by Tess Urize Holthe

Inspired by the real life experience of the author's father who was a young boy in the Philippines during World War II, Tess Urize Holthe's story begins during the final week of the ferocious Japanese American battle for possession of the Philippines. Here, we listen to three distinct narrators who reveal the struggle to survive in a small community outside Manila, where the streets are littered with dead bodies and the threat of capture by Japanese soldiers lurks around every corner. Huddling together in a squalid cellar is a group of Filipino families. As the war rages outside, tales of magical realism and superstition unfold in the cellar stories that give comfort and help each family member to endure the atrocities and find hope in the midst of chaos. This 2002 Vintage Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9781740511520 SKU: 1340838 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

Location: Fiction