Bibliograph

The woman who had two navels, and, Tales of the tropical gothic, Nick Joaquin ; foreword by Gina Apostol ; introduction by Vicente L. Rafael

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The woman who had two navels, and, Tales of the tropical gothic, Nick Joaquin ; foreword by Gina Apostol ; introduction by Vicente L. Rafael

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The woman who had two navels

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electronic resource eBook ;

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dictionaries

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Nick Joaquin ; foreword by Gina Apostol ; introduction by Vicente L. Rafael

Sub title

and, Tales of the tropical gothic

Summary

Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but until now he has remained little-known outside his home country. Joaquin wrote in English with the post-colonial sensibilities of Junot Diaz, Teju Cole, and Jhumpa Lahiri and an ironic perspective of colonial history in the vein of Garcia Marquez and Vargas Llosa. His work meditates on the questions and challenges of the Filipino individual’s new freedom after centuries of colonialism, exploring folklore, centuries-old Catholic rites, the Spanish colonial past, magical realism, and baroque splendor and excess. This collection features his best-known stories, including The Woman Who Had Two Navels and May Day Eve, as well as a canonic play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

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