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Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) (Penguin Classics)

Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) (Penguin Classics)

by Harold Augenbraum, Ma. Soledad Lacson-Locsin, Raul L. Locsin, Jose? Rizal

In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding... (more)

EL FILIBUSTERISMO: FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.

EL FILIBUSTERISMO: FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.

by Ma. Soledad Lacson-Locsin, Raul L. Locsin, Jose? Rizal

"El Filibusterismo" ("The Subversive") is the second novel by Jose Rizal (1861-1896), national hero of the Philippines. Like its predecessor, the better-known "Noli Me Tangere", the "Fili" was written in Castilian while Rizal was traveling and studying in Europe. It was published in Ghent in 1891 and later translated into English, German, French, Japanese, Tagalog, Ilonggo, and other languages. A nationalist novel... (more)

Without Seeing the DawnStevan Javellana

Without Seeing the Dawn

by Stevan Javellana

El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal (translated by Soledad Locsin)

El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal (translated by Soledad Locsin)

Tree

by F. Sionil Jose

Tree is a story of a boy growing up in a small Ilokano town, surrounded by friends bedlow his social class, by relatives and doting servants who have served his family all their lives. It is also a story of oppression and compassion. TREE belongs to Francisco Sionil Jose's largest body of work known as the Rosales novels. Like much of his fiction, it depicts man's continuing and often futile search for... (more)

MassF. Sionil Jose

Mass

by F. Sionil Jose

The Pretenders

My Brother, My ExecutionerF. Sionil Jose

My Brother, My Executioner

by F. Sionil Jose

Smaller and Smaller CirclesF. H. Batacan

Smaller and Smaller Circles

by F. H. Batacan

This is a Filipino detective novel.

Florante at Laura

by Francisco Balagtas

Kailangan ngang kung ano ang akda ng dakilang Makata ay siyang papanatilihing buhay magpakailan man, walang munti mang pagbabago, sa maging labis man o kulang, kahi’t mali mang nakikita. Ni isang titik, ni isang kuwit—maliban na nga lamang kung hindi maiwasan dahil sa makapangyarihang atas ng panibagong alituntunin sa pagsulat.

Viajero: a Filipino NovelF. Sionil Jose

Viajero: a Filipino Novel

by F. Sionil Jose

Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah (The Spectacular Adventures of Zsazsa Zaturnnah)

Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah (The Spectacular Adventures of Zsazsa Zaturnnah)

by Carlo Vergara

Recipient of a Manila Critics' Circle National Book AwardThis volume collects Carlo Vergara's award-winning two-part miniseries, and includes four special full-color posters and commentary from the author. For Mature Readers Ever! Contains strong language and suggestive imagery. 143 black and white comics pageswritten in FilipinoGraphics Novels / FilipinianaPrinted and... (more)

Flowers from the rubbleConrado De Quiros

Flowers from the rubble

by Conrado De Quiros

Rizal Without the Overcoat 2008 EditionAmbeth R. Ocampo

Rizal Without the Overcoat 2008 Edition

by Ambeth R. Ocampo

Tugmaang Matatabil

by Axel Pinpin

The Best Philippine Short Stories Of The Twentieth Century

The Best Philippine Short Stories Of The Twentieth Century

The modern form of the short story is magnificently showcased in this anthology of fifty selections in English written by Filipinos in the last century. Edited by literary critic Isagani R. Cruz, this collection spans from 1925 to 1998. In this book readers will meet both famous and unfamiliar writers in both conventional and unexpected renditions of the genre. Although many of the stories are acknowledged... (more)

Po~On: A Filipino Novel.F. Sionil. Jose