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A review by rellimreads
The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.0
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia tells this moving story, from her grandmother’s perspective, of her family‘s experiences during the Mexican Revolution.
While focused on a singular incident of a 13yo girl fighting off a tiger attack, Moreno-Garcia shares many hardships and travesties of war. How regular, hardworking people are impacted. I love the flow of her writing. Powerful short story.
“I could have sworn, for one brief instant, that tiger was no great cat but a mighty god of death crouching above me.”
Narration:
I enjoyed Cynthia Farrell’s performance. It was the perfect juxtaposition of elderly woman telling the story of her teen self.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia tells this moving story, from her grandmother’s perspective, of her family‘s experiences during the Mexican Revolution.
While focused on a singular incident of a 13yo girl fighting off a tiger attack, Moreno-Garcia shares many hardships and travesties of war. How regular, hardworking people are impacted. I love the flow of her writing. Powerful short story.
“I could have sworn, for one brief instant, that tiger was no great cat but a mighty god of death crouching above me.”
Narration:
I enjoyed Cynthia Farrell’s performance. It was the perfect juxtaposition of elderly woman telling the story of her teen self.