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Elefantpassernes børn Free download Ñ 2 Peter and Tilte are trying to track down two notorious criminals their parents They are the pastor and the organist respectively of the only church on the tiny island of Finø Known for fabricating cheap miracles to strengthen their congregation's faith they have been in trouble before But this time. People who know me well know that one of my least favorite topics of conversation is religion It varies in importance from person to person so I find it impolite to probe into the religious workings or non workings of the majority of individuals Perhaps this has something to do with the extremes to which faith is wielded by a variety of people why is it that talk of God is so freuently usurped as a means to an end rather than a means to improvement It is this uestion that is poised so playfully at the center of The Elephant Keepers Children by Peter H egSkip straight to the recipe inspired by this bookFourteen year old Peter Fin is brokenhearted His dream girl Conny has been whisked away from their fictional Danish island Fin by stardom His parents work in the church as pastor and organist and have a history of shall we way overdoing it in an effort to boost church attendance Peter s older sister Tilte is obsessed with death and as such constantly thinking of ways to prepare herself and others for that eternal eventuality His brother Hans is an oblivious stargazer whose infreuent gear shifts into rage could kill a man The motley crew of characters is somewhat jumbled and happy as families are but let s not forget Basker III the Fin family s pet dog who is always around but somehow never a burdenFaith or rather a variety of faiths is one of Fin s defining factors along with its mix of churches 18th century abodes and a deep dark forest On Fin Christianity is king but many other religions exist peacefully alongside it and that means the children than anyone are accepting of differing perspectives This attitude is put to the test when a vast gathering of all the world s religions The Grand Synod takes the stage in Copenhagen and a dismal plan is set in place to derail this global expression of religious collaboration and tolerance As Peter Tilte and the others slowly unravel the mystery of what threatens the Grand Synod they must face their own fears challenge authority and worst of all figure out their parents role in the whole thingThe Elephant Keepers Children is a sort of meandering romp through a series of serious topics such as religion death drugs crime and sex With little Peter at the helm though that which would feel heavy around the dinner table is surprisingly light and enjoyable through the eyes of a precocious teenager Snarky self contradictory soul searching and unexpectedly wise Peter is a lovable hero whose bravery exceeds his size and whose deadpan criticism is so funny it makes you wish you would be the subject of it sometimeClassically speaking detectives are not 14 year old footballers and their 16 year old aspiring therapist sisters But Peter Fin and company lay that slow clue based methodical investigator archetype to rest Despite numerous flashbacks asides and ostensibly irrelevant details The Elephant Keepers Children keeps a steady pace tackling at once the notion that children are less wise than adults as well as many of the social issues that worry society todayThis is the sort of book that you want to see as a movie if only to fall in love with the boy Peter and witness his hijinks as he goes from discovering his parents disappearance to preventing a catastrophe Then you realize that without the side trips into Peter and Tilte s pasts without the history and the anecdotes this story would be flat uninteresting and typical But each of Peter s digressions comes full circle and it is the mastery of weaving in H eg s storytelling that makes The Elephant Keepers Children pure magic

Elefantpassernes børn Free download Ñ 2 Their children suspect they are up to mischief on a far greater scale When Peter and Tilte learn that scientific and religious leaders from around the world are assembling in Copenhagen for a conference they know their parents are up to something Peter and Tilte's uest to find them exposes conspiraci. I m giving this 2 stars even though this was a DNF some readers will enjoy wading through the dense prose the constant diversions and the overlong sentences than I did What I got out of the first 14 of the book was this was a world populated by slightly uirky people with some sort of magical realism going on Not paranormal but psychological magic Here s one reason for the DNF all too often our heronarrator says I ll get to that in a moment or I ll explain that later in much ornate language Other reasons I didn t buy that Tilte was such a force of nature or that this island was so filled with bizarre people a Buddhist nunphone sex gurucomputer expert all rolled in oneARC provided by publisher Voice of the Trees exposes conspiraci. I m giving this 2 stars Nine and a Half Weeks A Memoir of a Love Affair even though this was a DNF some readers will The $5 Takeout Cookbook enjoy wading through the dense prose the constant diversions and the overlong sentences than I did What I got out of the first 14 of the book was this was a world populated by slightly uirky people with some sort of magical realism going on Not paranormal but psychological magic Here s one reason for the DNF all too often our heronarrator says I ll get to that in a moment or I ll The Reluctant explain that later in much ornate language Other reasons I didn t buy that Tilte was such a force of nature or that this island was so filled with bizarre people a Buddhist nunphone sex gurucomputer Vargens lilla lamm expert all rolled in oneARC provided by publisher

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Elefantpassernes børn Free download Ñ 2 Es terrorist plots an angry bishop a deranged headmaster two love struck police officers a deluded aristocrat and much along the wayPart adventure story part study of human nature The Elephant Keepers' Children is a delightful and thought provoking novel from the prizewinning Danish author Peter Høe. One of my favorite books which I reread is his Smilla s Sense of Snow but I only just tolerated this book I am always suspicious of translations as feel they cannot represent the author s true voice but since I do not read Danish have no choice The faults in this book I will therefore blame on his translator chief among them the stupidly distracting character names The plot is fantastical but I might have accepted it were the names reasonable They were ludicrous unnecessary and diminished the reading experience as created an artificially farcical setting which disallowed any reasonable reading of the book A shame as many of his observations were magically revealing and insightful but a wasted opportunity to create a book to my liking Surprisingly disappointing even the underdeveloped theme of the title