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The woman who had two navels and tales of the tropical gothic /

Statement of responsibility: Nick Joaquin ; foreword by Gina Apostol ; introduction by Vicente L. Rafael
by Joaquin, Nick.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, c2017Description: xli, 432 pages.ISBN: 9780143130710.Subject(s): Philippine fiction | Philippine literature | Short stories, Philippine (English)
Contents:
Three generations -- The legend of the dying wanton -- The mass of St. Sylvestre -- The summer solstice -- May Day eve -- The woman who had two navels -- Guardia de honor -- Dona Jeronima -- The order of Melkizedek -- Candido's apocalypse -- A portrait of the artist as Filipino : an elegy in three acts
General Note(s):
"A centennial edition of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin's seminal works"Language/Translation Info: EngSummary: "Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained little-known outside the Philippines despite writing in English. Set amid the ruins of Manila devastated by World War II, his stories are steeped in the postcolonial anguish and hopes of his era and meditate on the challenges of the Filipino individual's new freedom after a long history of colonialism. This collection includes his best-known stories and his celebrated play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino."
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"A centennial edition of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin's seminal works"

Three generations -- The legend of the dying wanton -- The mass of St. Sylvestre -- The summer solstice -- May Day eve -- The woman who had two navels -- Guardia de honor -- Dona Jeronima -- The order of Melkizedek -- Candido's apocalypse -- A portrait of the artist as Filipino : an elegy in three acts

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