![]() ![]() ![]() The power of DiCamillo’s writing enables the hope and determination of the characters to break through the gloom that permeates the story. Unwilling to put hope into such an implausible story, Peter tries to forget the gypsy’s words, until he learns of a curious event at the town’s opera house: a magician, trying to conjure a bouquet of lilies out of thin air, instead produced an elephant, which landed in the lap of a noblewoman. What’s more, an elephant will guide him to her. The book opens with a fortune teller informing Peter that his sister, who he believed had died the day she was born, has in fact been alive these six years. ![]() The novel tells the story of Peter, a young boy living in the city of Baltese with Vilna Lutz, an aging soldier whose lucidity lasts just long enough to instruct the boy in the martial ways: honor and the strength to halt tears. The simplicity and relevance of this statement resonates throughout The Magician’s Elephant, as beggars turn the commonplace into music, blind dogs dream of war, and police officers constantly question: “What if?” “We are always happy when people live, ain’t we?” says a woman to a young boy who is desperately searching for the elephant he believes will lead him to his long lost sister. ![]()
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