{"product_id":"the-woman-who-had-two-navels-and-tales-of-the-tropical-gothic-paperback","title":"The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Joaquin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGina Apostol\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eVicente L. Rafael\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrating 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick 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 Garc a M rquez 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, \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as Filipino\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction and Suggestions for Further Reading by Vicente L. Rafael \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Joaquin\u003c\/b\u003e (1917-2004) is widely considered the most important Filipino writer in English. A novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, journalist, and biographer, he was honored for his work as a National Artist of the Philippines. His works include two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Had Two Navels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCave and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e; three collections of short fiction; two volumes of poetry; and numerous works of nonfiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGina Apostol\u003c\/b\u003e won the Philippine National Book Award for her first two novels, \u003ci\u003eBibliolepsy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution According to Raymundo Mata\u003c\/i\u003e. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eGun Dealers' Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize and won the PEN\/Open Book Award. She lives in New York City and western Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eVicente L. Rafael\u003c\/b\u003e a professor of history at the University of Washington, specializing in southeast Asian history. He has written widely on the political and cultural history of the Philippines, and his works include \u003ci\u003eContracting Colonialism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Love and Other Events in Filipino History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Foreign\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eMotherless Tongues: The Insurgency of Language Amid Wars of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753770942752,"sku":"9780143130710","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f6b4af73575ee1e19d5809e762e7f027.webp?v=1780027153","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-woman-who-had-two-navels-and-tales-of-the-tropical-gothic-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}