The Woman Who Had Two Navels
Edition: First printing in new size
Publisher: Anvil Publishing
Published: 2024
Place of publication: Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9789712738456
Copyright date: 2018
First sentence: When she told him she had two navels he believed her at once; she seemed so urgently, so desperately serious—and besides what would be the point in telling a lie like that, he asked himself, while she asked him if she could help her, if he could arrange "something surgical," an operation.
Description: Connie Escobar always thought she had two navels. This does not sit right with her and she asks Dr. Pepe Monson to remove one of the navels. Her life takes a turn for the worse when she discovers a most disturbing family secret. Betrayed, she flees to Hong Kong where she faces even more unsettling truths.

In this iconic novel from the imagination of the greatest Filipino writer in English Nick Joaquin, what lies hidden is uncovered by extraordinary circumstances. Sharp and wounding, *The Woman Who Had Two Navels* kills your illusions—no matter how deeply set.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: The foolish, beautiful gesture
pagenum: viii; label: Chapter One
title: Paco
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter Two
title: Macho
pagenum: 47; label: Chapter Three
title: La Vidal
pagenum: 80; label: Chapter Four
title: The Chinese Moon
pagenum: 128; label: Chapter Five
title: Doctor Monson
pagenum: 167