“An original, raw, and wild novel that has held its power and demands to be read.” –Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer
Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and Winner of the American Book Award A classic and influential story–often considered “the quintessential Filipino American novel” (The Nation)–centered on the cultural and political stakes of life in Marcos-era PhilippinesOne of The Atlantic‘s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Welcome to Manila in the turbulent period of the Philippines’ late dictator. It is a world in which American pop culture and local Filipino tradition mix flamboyantly, and gossip, storytelling, and extravagant behavior thrive. A wildly disparate group of characters–including movie stars and waiters, a young junkie and the richest man in the Philippines–becomes ensnared in a spiral of events culminating in a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination. At the center of this maelstrom is Rio, a feisty schoolgirl who will grow up to live in America and look back with longing on the land of her youth.
Author: Jessica Hagedorn
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/01/1991
Series: Contemporary American Fiction
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.79h x 5.04w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780140149043
Language: English
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