Fantasy : Filipino fiction for young adults /

Statement of responsibility: Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu, editors.

by Alfar, Dean Francis [editor]; Yu, Kenneth [editor].

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BookPublisher: Diliman, Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press, c2018Description: xi, 220 pages.ISBN: 9789715428538.Subject(s): Young adult fiction -- Philippines

| Fantasy fiction, Philippine

| Short stories, Philippine (English)

Contents:

Residents of an island off the coast of old Samboangan / Sigrid Gayangos -- The hunt for the fleas of Maculot / Joel Donato Ching Jacob -- Shatterbrain / Sage Alfar -- The real world / Gabriela Lee -- Sticks and stones and gold / Maia Gapud -- Mela and the Prince of Flies / Fidelis Tan -- In a strange tongue / Kate Osias -- Skyface / Arby Medina -- Glamor / Katrina G. Gomez -- In Teresa / Vincen Gregory Yu -- The Adarna's feather / Celestine Trinidad -- Kumintang / Vince Torres

Language/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: "Fantasy: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults delves into a rich and fertile genre that has been close to the imagination of Pinoy readers for many decades. The writers in this anthology explore how fantasy can express just what the Filipino young adult is going through today, and how they deal with the myriad concerns and issues that the modern world presents to them. Read through these specially chosen short stories written by Filipinos from around the archipelago, selected by award-winning editors Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu." List(s) this item appears in: Young Adult Literature

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books, Monographs	Filipinas Heritage Library Main Library Holdings	PS 9992.4 .F375 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	18607

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