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This week's question:
Do you read Filipino literature? If you do, tell us your favorite books by Filipino authors and name a few that you'd like to recommend to fellow readers. If you don't read much Filipino lit, then tell us why.
My answer:
I don't read much Filipino literature because my main source of books is my local library (here in the U.S.A.) so I'm limited to Filipino lits that make it there. So far a whopping three books that I can recall: Butterfly People by Robin Lim (this book was actually a gift from my brother), Tall Story by Candy Gourlay, and Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco. All of which I enjoyed. ~Oh, I also had another book by Bo Sanchez that was given to me by my brother but my aunt borrowed it and haven't seen it since (this was back in March, I think).
This horrid stat is a wake up call to head on over to my Filipino Goodreads group and check out some recommendations and hope some of them are in my library. And of course now I can get some from those of you answering this meme. Perhaps if there's a must read then I might invest in purchasing it. :)
Posts
have read and posted on my blog on these works by Filipino Authors
ReplyDelete. Barefoot in the Fire:A Manila WWII Childhood by Barbara Gamboa Lewis
Adventures of a Child of War by Lin Acacio-Flores
Songs of Ourselves: Writings by Filipino Women by Elizabeth Manlapaz
Pinay Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers-1928 to 1998 edited by Christina Hidalgo
Living with the Enemy: A Diary of the Japanese Occupation by Pacita Pestano-Jacinto
The Tobacco Monopoly in the Philippines 1766 to 1880 by Ed. C De Jesus
plus three short stories
"Metropolis" by Crystal Koo
"Magnificence" by Estella Afon
"The Servant Girl" by Estella Afon
Thank you Mel. I'll look into those. :)
ReplyDeletesad isn't it? i am the same way. thank goodness for this question, i can add on to my list!
ReplyDeleteHi, Jinky! I understand your predicament. Sadly, few Filipino books reach other shores. But if you have a Kindle or even just the Kindle app, there are more Filipino books on Amazon now and itunes. Our company published a few of them.:)
ReplyDeleteTall Story was wonderful, wasn't it? I keep recommending that to anyone who asks for Filipino YA books. I just hope more authors start writing Filipino YA because there's a market for it. I don't get to read a lot of Filipino fiction either but I'm hoping to read more with the recommendations from these Filipino Friday posts.
ReplyDelete@aloi --mabuhay to Filipino Friday!!
ReplyDelete@fantaghiro23 --No Kindle or smart phone. You say iTunes ..thru iPod touch? You can get a book that way? I'm not mobile techy savvy. --Sounds like you work for an awesome company!
@Chachi --yes, loved Tall Story! --will put what we all come up with on my tbr. :)