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Loading... The Elephant Keepers' Children (original 2010; edition 2012)by Peter Hoeg (Author)
Work InformationThe Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg (2010)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was a very weird book. I'm wondering if I actually missed something by listening to it instead of reading it. I thought it was charming, with a nice dry sense of humor, but I never really figured out if I liked it. And I admit I was a little taken aback by how it ended. Honestly, I was a little bored listening to it. That might have been the fault of the reader, though.
Danske Peter Høeg har skrevet en eventyrlig roman. «Elefantpassernes barn» er en storstilt, sjenerøs skrøne om svikefulle foreldre og særdeles livsdyktige barn Høeg stævner ud med narreskibet Med ’Elefantpassernes børn’ har Peter Høeg skrevet en storslået parodi på Peter Høeg.
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HTML: Told from the perspective of precocious fourteen-year-old Peter, The Elephant Keepers' Children is about three siblings and how they deal with life alongside their eccentric parents. Peter's father is a vicar, his mother an artisan, and both are equally and profoundly devout. The family lives on the fictional island of Finø, where people of all faiths coexist peacefully. Yet nothing is at it seems. When Peter's parents suddenly go missing, Peter and his siblings fear the worst??has their parents' relentless quest to boost church attendance finally put them in danger? Told with poignancy and humor, The Elephant Keepers' Children is a fascinating exploration of fundamentalism versus spiritual freedom, the vicissitudes of romantic and familial love, and the triumph of the human spiri No library descriptions found. |
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I made myself finish it on principle. If I were not so stubborn, I would have given up in despair. ( )