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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal



After reading few pages, you understand the title.
I havent read much about Panama canal. So I grabbed this opportunity to know some of it. If it comes in poetry form. Even better.
This book Silver people: Voices from the Canal is a mix of historical fiction like Exiled: Memoirs of a Camel and multi-voiced liked Parched by Crowder. Only there are many more voices. In the jungle, its never quite. With all the diverse animals, you get to hear from all the trees and fauna.
The main characters Mateo, Anita were fleshed out very well. The book shows the travesties of the canal project and puts the people who worked for it, on the map of history.
A century after the bridge opened is a good time to commemorate all the people who contributed to it.
Panama Canal 

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