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Author:

Joaquin, Nick, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xli, 432 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Philippines--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Apostol, Gina, writer of foreword.
Rafael, Vicente L., writer of introduction.
Container of (work) Joaquin, Nick. Tales of the tropical gothic.

Other Titles:

Works. Selections.

Contents:

Three generations -- The legend of the dying wanton -- The mass of St. Sylvestre -- The summer solstice -- May day eve -- The woman who had two navels -- Guardia de honor -- Doña Jerónima -- The Order of Melkizedek -- Cándido's apocalypse -- A portrait of the artist as Filipino: an elegy in three acts.

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Penguin Classics.

ISBN:

0143130714
9780143130710

LCCN:

2016040950

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)