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02038aam a2200373 i 4500 001 1C80D96451D011EDB119A86D23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221022010929 008 211021t20222018enk 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1787703894 020 $a 9781787703896 020 $a 9781609457730 020 $a 1609457730 035 $a (OCoLC)1280045195 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCO $d NZGPL $d NZLPP $d IGP $d VP@ $d JIU $d SILO 043 $a a-ph--- 100 1 $a Melvin, Reine Arcache. 245 14 $a The betrayed / $c Reine Arcache Melvin. 264 1 $a London : $b Europa Editions, $c 2022. 300 $a 463 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a The Betrayed tells the story of two sisters who love the same man. As dictatorship and political upheaval ravage the Philippines, the sister's conflicting passions threaten to lead them to betray not only each other, but all that their father stood for. Shy, idealistic Pilar initially resolves to carry on her father's fight against the regime, while her flamboyant older sister Lali reacts by marrying the enemy - Arturo, the dictator's godson. Each tries to find their place in this violent world, but can they withstand the corruption of politics and the relentless pull of their own desires?Taking in the Philippines' troubled history from the Marcos dictatorship to the establishment of the present totalitarian regime, and expertly layering the many aspects of the human condition, The Betrayed is a complex and luminous novel. 650 0 $a Philippine fiction (English) 650 0 $a Sisters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dictatorship $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Philippines $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231031010508.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230203010639.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20221105010428.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221022011733.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1C80D96451D011EDB119A86D23ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search