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In the final weeks of the brutal Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, three different Filipino narrators--a thirteen-year-old boy, his older sister, and a guerrilla commander--recount the experiences of a people desperately struggling in the midst of the horrors of war, in a debut novel based on the experiences of the author's father. 100,000 first printing.

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"A formidable first novel, worthy of a Verdi opera." --The New York Times

"Mesmerizing...truly exciting to read." --The Washington Post

"A powerful tale of the Philippine Islands and a testament to the resilience and courage of the Filipino people." --San Francisco Chronicle"Readers who loved Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude or Allende's The House of the Spirits will welcome this novel." --The New Orleans Times-Picayune

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Tess Uriza Holthe lives in northern California with her husband. She grew up in a Filipino-American family in San Francisco. When the Elephants Dance is inspired, in part, by the experiences of her father, who was a young boy on the islands during World War II.

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  • PublisherCrown Pub
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0609609521
  • ISBN 13 9780609609521
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages368
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