num_pages: 382
description: Much like Isabel Allende's House of Spirits, Ninotchka Rosca's novel is both a work of art and a powerful illumination of an entire culture and a country in conflict.
language: English
title: State of War: A Novel of Life in the Philippines
titlecomplete: State of War: A Novel of Life in the Philippines
genres: Historical, Asian Literature, 20th Century, Novels, Asia, The World, War, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 698
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books