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Nínay is a novel in the Spanish language written by Pedro Alejandro Paterno, and is the first novel authored by a native Filipino.Paterno authored this novel when he was twenty-three years old [1] and while living in Spain in 1885, the novel was later translated into English in 1907 [1] and into Tagalog in 1908. [2]
Cebu is a 1991 novel by Filipino American author Peter Bacho the "most visible figure" of second-generation, native-born Filipino American writing [1] and one of several Seattle novelists in the 1990s to explore the racial history and sociology of Seattle. [2]
The novel was adapted as a 2002 film of the same name under Star Cinema, directed by Chito S. Roño, and with a screenplay by Lualhati Bautista.The film starred Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon with Piolo Pascual, Carlos Agassi, Marvin Agustin, Danilo Barrios, John Wayne Sace, and Kris Aquino. [2]
F. Sionil José's The Pretenders portrayed the master-and-servant and lord-and-slave relationship in the “industrial world” of Manila, Philippines. [2] The timeline is set during the years after the Second World War, [3] during the 1950s (because of a reference to Ramon Magsaysay found at the final pages of the novel).
Sin: A Novel, also known as Sins, is a 1973 politico-historical novel written by Filipino National Artist F. Sionil José.This particular work of literature features the History of the Philippines, for the most part spanning the twentieth century, through the eyes of the "amoral" Don Carlos Cobello, a wealthy patriarch also known by the moniker "C.C.".
The Farm is a 2019 novel by Filipino-American writer Joanne Ramos. The debut novel was published on May 7, 2019 by Random House. [1] It is set in a fictional facility named Golden Oaks, also called "The Farm", where women serve as surrogates for wealthy clients. The novel switches between four perspectives of the women involved, including Jane ...
Banaag at Sikat [1] or From Early Dawn to Full Light [2] is one of the first literary novels written by Filipino author Lope K. Santos in the Tagalog language in 1906. [3] As a book that was considered as the "Bible of working class Filipinos", [3] the pages of the novel revolves around the life of Delfin, his love for a daughter of a rich landlord, while Lope K. Santos also discusses the ...
Luha ng Buwaya or, "Crocodile's Tear" in translation, is a novel written by Palanca Awardee and Filipino novelist Amado V. Hernandez. It consists of 53 chapters. The story is about poor farmers uniting against the greedy desires of the prominent family of the Grandes. In Filipino idioms, "crocodiles" were used to symbolize those people who are ...