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- Publication Name
- The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic
- Title
- The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic
- ISBN-10
- 0143130714
- EAN
- 9780143130710
- ISBN
- 9780143130710
- Release Date
- 06/29/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Book Title
- Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic
- Item Length
- 7.7in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Classics, Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), Historical
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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Celebrating the centennial of his birth, the first-ever U.S. publication of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin's seminal works, with a foreword by PEN/Open Book Award-winner Gina Apostol A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained little-known outside his home country despite writing in English. Set amid the ruins of Manila devastated by World War II, his stories are steeped in the post-colonial anguish and hopes of his era and resonate with the ironic perspectives on colonial history of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. His work meditates on the questions and challenges of the Filipino individual's new freedom after a long history 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 story, "The Woman Who Had Two Navels," centered on Philippine emigrants living in Hong Kong and later expanded into a novel, the much-anthologized stories "May Day Eve" and "The Summer Solstice" and a canonic play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino . As Penguin Classics previously launched his countryman Jose Rizal to a wide audience, now Joaquin will find new readers with the first American collection of his work. Introduction and Suggestions for Further Reading by Vicente L. Rafael For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143130714
ISBN-13
9780143130710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227743677
Product Key Features
Book Title
Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), Historical
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9550.9.J6a6 2017
Reviews
Nick Joaquin is akin to Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the extravagant, surreal imagery of his stories, the fatalistic humor, the intricate weaving of history and memory, the spiritual and the sensual, the personal and the political. He is a writer deserving wider recognition, whose magical Macondo was the very real Philippines, in all its beauty, splendor and ruin. Behold this collection of marvels, "Joaquin is akin to Garca Mrquez in the extravagant, surreal imagery of his stories, the fatalistic humor, and the intricate weaving of history and memory. His magical Macondo was the very real Philippines, in all its beauty, splendor and ruin." -- Jessica Hagedorn , American Book Award-winning author of Dogeaters "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." -- Viet Thanh Nguyen , Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer "Nick Joaquin was such a presence in my childhood. I remember having a collection of Joaquin's stories for children in my personal library. They were large, beautifully illustrated volumes that provided commentary to our culture in language so engaging for a child to understand. He has been a beloved storyteller for the Philippines for generations and now his memorable stories and play will be made available around the world." --Lea Salonga , Tony Award-winning singer and actress "Manila was Joaquin's birthplace and his muse; yet the priests, socialites, and activists who populate these pages also evoke a globetrotting intellect and a wondrous universe all his own. This book brilliantly captures the singular genius of Nick Joaquin, and will seduce readers everywhere who are meeting this giant of Philippine literature for the first time." -- Mia Alvar , PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of In the Country "One cannot overstate what Nick Joaquin is to Philippine literature. Writing in English with the melody of Spanish and Tagalog, Joaquin was the first Filipino writer to focus on the impossible contradictions of a tribal civilization overlain by Spanish and American world views. And because that tribal civilization was woman-centered, Joaquin's heroines are as complex, romantic and defiant as Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina." --Ninotchka Rosca , American Book Award-winning author of Twice Blessed "Nick Joaquin was both a brilliant poet and intense chronicler of doubleness that is a defining attribute of postcoloniality, in his case a Hispanicized Philippines, complicated by Anglo American colonial rule. Underneath his use of English one senses the patriarchal tone of Spanish and the feminist susurrations of Tagalog. Hence, Joaquin's world, particularly in A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, is one where remembering offers both solace and grief, and a subtle critique of empire. An exemplar of postcolonial literature at its best, Joaquin moves us with his empathetic depictions of a divided consciousness. Penguin's reissue of his works is a benediction and cause for celebration." -- Luis H. Francia , PEN Open Book Award-winning author of Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago, "Joaquin is akin to Garca Mrquez in the extravagant, surreal imagery of his stories, the fatalistic humor, and the intricate weaving of history and memory. His magical Macondo was the very real Philippines, in all its beauty, splendor and ruin." -- Jessica Hagedorn , American Book Award-winning author of Dogeaters "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." -- Viet Thanh Nguyen , Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer "Nick Joaquin was such a presence in my childhood. I remember having a collection of Joaquin's stories for children in my personal library. They were large, beautifully illustrated volumes that provided commentary to our culture in language so engaging for a child to understand. He has been a beloved storyteller for the Philippines for generations and now his memorable stories and play will be made available around the world." --Lea Salonga , Tony Award-winning singer and actress "Manila was Joaquin's birthplace and his muse; yet the priests, socialites, and activists who populate these pages also evoke a globetrotting intellect and a wondrous universe all his own. This book brilliantly captures the singular genius of Nick Joaquin, and will seduce readers everywhere who are meeting this giant of Philippine literature for the first time." -- Mia Alvar , PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of In the Country "One cannot overstate what Nick Joaquin is to Philippine literature. Writing in English with the melody of Spanish and Tagalog, Joaquin was the first Filipino writer to focus on the impossible contradictions of a tribal civilization overlain by Spanish and American world views. And because that tribal civilization was woman-centered, Joaquin's heroines are as complex, romantic and defiant as Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina." --Ninotchka Rosca , American Book Award-winning author of Twice Blessed "Nick Joaquin was both a brilliant poet and intense chronicler of doubleness that is a defining attribute of postcoloniality, in his case a Hispanicized Philippines, complicated by Anglo American colonial rule. Underneath his use of English one senses the patriarchal tone of Spanish and the feminist susurrations of Tagalog. Hence, Joaquin's world, particularly in A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, is one where remembering offers both solace and grief, and a subtle critique of empire. An exemplar of postcolonial literature at its best, Joaquin moves us with his empathetic depictions of a divided consciousness. Penguin's reissue of his works is a benediction and cause for celebration." -- Luis H. Francia , PEN Open Book Award-winning author of Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago "A standout collection (...) a transporting read, and a fierce elegy for a past that never was." -- NPR "Steeped in Filipino history and culture, Joaquin's work is a welcome discovery." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Nick Joaquin is akin to Gabriel Garca Mrquez in the extravagant, surreal imagery of his stories, the fatalistic humor, the intricate weaving of history and memory, the spiritual and the sensual, the personal and the political. He is a writer deserving wider recognition, whose magical Macondo was the very real Philippines, in all its beauty, splendor and ruin. Behold this collection of marvels." -- Jessica Hagedorn
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2016-040950
Dewey Decimal
823.914
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Trade
Dewey Edition
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