Demigods and monsters
Subtitle: stories
By: Caroline S. Hau
Publisher: University of the Philippines Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9789715428880
Description: "A child commits an unspeakable act against another child. A woman avails herself of the services of a love hospital to dispel her husband's mistress. A former entertainer holds the fort of an aging village against encroaching wild animals and dementia. A controversial politician calls a press conference to explain his crimes and misdemeanors. A family living in an old house is plagued by poltergeists. These are some of the demigods and monsters who range across the troubled landscapes of the Philippines, Japan, China, Singapore, and the United States, and haunt this new collection of short fiction by the author of Recuerdos de Patay and Other Stories"--Back cover.
Notes: In English.