My sad republic / Eric Gamalinda.
Publication details: Quezon City : Bughaw, 2021.Edition: 20th anniversary edDescription: 390 pagesContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9786214481422
- FICFil G36 2021
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Manila Tytana Colleges Library FICTION SECTION | FICFil G36 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 036912 |
My Sad Republic is a story of love, obsession and loss, set against the epic background of the Philippine revolution against Spain and the Filipino-American War. loosely based on the life of a faith healer who declared a schism from the oppressive Spanish government and proclaimed himself the Pope of the republic, the novel includes a memorable cast of characters: Tomas Agustin, whose ambition to rise in society compels him to fight his own people; Isio, the folk hero who becomes his lifelong nemesis; Asuncion, the woman for whose affestion the two men wage a brutal war; and her son Felipe, who tragically attempts to unite his family and country.
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