Author: Marianne VillanuevaPublisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971195
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Beautiful and poignant stories set in the Philippines
Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila
Author: Marianne VillanuevaPublisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971195
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Beautiful and poignant stories set in the Philippines
Going Home to a Landscape
Author: Marianne VillanuevaPublisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Offers teachers, students, and general readers a fascinating glimpse into the Filipina diaspora.
Short Story Index
Author: Manila Noir
Author: Jessica Tarahata HagedornPublisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 161775160X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Manila is not for the faint of heart. Population: over ten million and growing by the minute. Climate: hot, humid and prone to torrential monsoon rains of biblical proportions. The ultimate femme fatale, she's complicated and mysterious, with a tainted, painful past. The perfect, torrid setting for noir. Edited by Dogeaters (Penguin, 1991) author and National Book Award Nominee Jessica Hagedorn, and featuring original stories from a stunning group of multi-award-winning authors.
An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature
Author: King-Kok CheungPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521447904
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A survey of Asian American literature.
Underground Spirit: 1983 to 1989
Author: Gémino H. AbadPublisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9715426395
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
This two-volume anthology is the sequel to Upon Our Own Ground (2008).
Underground Spirit: 1973 to 1982
Author: Gémino H. AbadPublisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9715426387
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This two-volume anthology is the sequel to Upon Our Own Ground (2008).
Light in the Crevice Never Seen
Author: Haunani-Kay TraskPublisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971706
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The (female) "Malcolm X" of Hawai'I's inconsolable grief and rage at the destruction of her people's land.
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story
Author: Blanche H. GelfantPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231504950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 677
Book Description
Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.
Philippine English
Author: MA. Lourdes S. BautistaPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622099475
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.