₱499
By Marivi Soliven
Published by Milflores Publishing Inc. ©2022.
This new edition of Marivi Soliven’s scary and unpredictable stories feature the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, avarice, anger, sloth, gluttony,and lust. Read them at your own risk.
Take a tour and try Socorro’s special dish stirred with fury. Have a bite of Lola Ichay’s special palabok with just adash of pride. If you’re up for a bit of exercise, join Magda’s intense way of working up a sweat—but steer clear ofYolanda’s pilates class. Be cautious when wandering around alone, danger slithers unexpectedly. A swig of acurious potion may protect you from harm but might prove to be a little biting towards insistent men.
Marivi Soliven has authored 17 books and was granted a Hedgebrook writing residency in 2012. She has taught creative writing at the University of the Philippines and at the University of California San Diego. Her debut novel The Mango Bride won Grand Prize at the 2011 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippine counterpart of the Pulitzer Prize. The novel is being adapted to film, featuring Sharon Cuneta as a principal character and executive producer.
“Pandemic Bread,” her nonfiction essay about interpreting for end of life calls, ranked in the top ten of a hundred stories in The San Diego Decameron Project, an anthology about the Covid 19 pandemic.
Description: 113 pages ; 20.3 x 12.6 cm
Language: English
ISBN: 978-971-828-125-3
In stock
