The mats
By: by Francisco Arcellana ; illustrated by Hermès Alègrè.
Contributors: Alègrè, Hermès, 1968- ill.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Family life -- Philippines -- Fiction.; Philippines -- Fiction.
Description: Marcelina's father comes home from a trip to Manila with beautiful hand-made sleeping mats for each member of his large family, including the three daughters who died when they were very young.
Notes: "A Cranky Nell Book"
"The Mats" first appeared as a short story in Phillipine Magazine in 1938"--verso t.p.
"Originally published in book form in the Phillipines in 1995"--verso t.p.