The woman who had two navels and tales of the tropical gothic
By: Nick Joaquin ; foreword by Gina Apostol ; introduction by Vicente L. Rafael
Contributors: Apostol, Gina, writer of foreword; Rafael, Vicente L., writer of introduction; Joaquin, Nick
Series: Penguin classics; Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780143130710
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Works
Description: "The Philippines is central to two empires, the Spanish and the American. Joaquin is central to the literature of the Philippines. To read Joaquin is to gain access to how three cultures intersected in the Pacific, mixing explosively with blood, violence, and fantasy in ways that foreshadow what is happening in the Philippines today."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xli).
Table of contents: title: Three generations; title: The legend of the dying wanton; title: The mass of St. Sylvestre; title: The summer solstice; title: May day eve; title: The woman who had two navels; title: Guardia de honor; title: Doña Jerónima; title: The Order of Melkizedek; title: Cándido's apocalypse; title: A portrait of the artist as Filipino: an elegy in three acts.