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Philippines. Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa? (lit. Child, Child... how Were You Made?, [1] also known as Lea's Story) [2][3][4][5] is a novel written in Filipino by the female writer, Lualhati Bautista, released in 1988. Lea's Story centers around the life of Lea, a women's rights activist who struggles to raise her children as a single mother ...
"The God Stealer" is a short story by Filipino National Artist F. Sionil José. It is José's most anthologized work of fiction. [1] It is not just a tale about an Ifugao stealing a religious idol, [2] but also about the friendship that developed between a Filipino and an American, a representation of the relationship that developed between the "influenced" and the "influencer". [1]
The Summer Solstice. "The Summer Solstice", also known as "Tatarin" or "Tadtarin", [1] is a short story written by Filipino National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin. [2][3] In addition to being regarded as one of Joaquin's most acclaimed literary works, the tale is considered to be controversial. [2][3] The story narrates a ritual performed ...
May Day Eve. " May Day Eve " is a story written by Filipino National Artist Nick Joaquin. Written after World War II, it became one of Joaquin's “ signature stories” that became a classic [1] in Philippine literature in English. Together with Joaquin's other stories like The Mass of St. Sylvester, Doña Jeronima and Candido’s Apocalypse ...
Bautista's 2013 book In Sisterhood received the Filipino Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Fiction in Filipino/Taglish in 2014, organized by the Filipino Book Bloggers Group. [ 3 ] In 2015, Bautista launched the book Sixty in the City , about the life of friends Guia, Roda and Menang, who are in their mid-60s and realize that there's a good ...
A couple of years ago, Luke Barnett heard from his mother – even though it had been 20 years since she died. The actor-filmmaker received a text from an unknown number with a YouTube link to a ...
Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, 1894 – November 10, 1983) was a Filipino short-story writer, educator and editor. [1] [2] [3] Her career as a woman educator as well as her contributions as a writer are seen as an important step within the advancement of women in professional careers as well as in the development of Philippine literature. [3]
Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in the English language. [1] [2] A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. [3]