The Search For Rizal's Third Novel
In Hong Kong, in 1892, Jose Rizal began writing a sequel to El Filibusterismo. He began in Tagalog, called the opening chapter "Makamisa", then started anew in Spanish, and eventually left behind two texts comprising an unfinished third novel. In 1987, while working in the National Library, Ambeth Ocampo stumbled on the Spanish drafts of Makamisa with a 245page manuscript labelled Borrador del Noli Me...
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