₱750
By Soledad S. Reyes
Published by Vibal Group Inc., ©2024.
The Twentieth-Century Philippines in Ten Novels: Literature as History (1913–1975) by the distinguished critic, scholar, writer, and translator, Soledad S. Reyes, analyzes and interprets ten Tagalog novels, providing fresh insights while also explaining the significance behind their historical and cultural contexts.
The book is composed of ten essays, one essay per novel, published between the periods of American colonialism, the Commonwealth Era, freedom and reconstruction after World War II, and Ferdinand E. Marcos’s dictatorship. It shows the power of literature to depict narratives, experiences, and points of view that are difficult—if not impossible to achieve, in straight historical accounts. The novels presented in this book are not just mere reenactments of important historical moments, but magnificent works that show the storytelling brilliance and personal interpretations of the novelists about certain important events in the country’s history.
In shedding light on ten Tagalog novels, Reyes has succeeded in providing an interpretation of Philippine history based, in part, on the perspectives, insights, experiences, struggles, and imagination of the novelists as well as the characters present in each of the novels. The book is yet again a testament to Reyes’s vast knowledge and erudition about Philippine literature and culture, a result of her decades of scholarly dedication.
Description: 240 pages ; 22.86 x 15.24 cm.
Language: English
ISBN: 978-971-97-0873-5
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