description: Excerpt from the ...The stories deal with oppression, flight, dislocation, unrequited love, longing for an idealized home; these are stories of human dominated by values that run deep, of fierce loyalty for family and friends, and always that Filipino tenacity to deal with life's hardships and remain undefeated. Together these stories paint a gigantic picture of the Filipino, whether in the Philippines or in America, and it is a wonderful picture this, of a person who struggles, fails at times, but keeps on, a most resilient human being... -Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
language: English
title: Fiction by Filipinos in America
titlecomplete: Fiction by Filipinos in America
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Cellar Book Shop