Complex sentence: The novel was originally written by De los Reyes in Tagalog, and was published in the "Ang Kapatid ng Bayan" (literally "The Sibling (Brother or Sister) of the Country") newspaper.
Split into simpler sentences: The novel was originally written by De los Reyes in Tagalog. The original Tagalog version was published in the "Ang Kapatid ng Bayan" (literally "The Sibling (Brother or Sister) of the Country") newspaper.