Scholarly Articles
Culture Ingested
On the Indigenization of Philippine Food
barbara kirshenblatt-gimblett, doreen g. fernandez
https://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/web/fernandez.pdf
Books
by Miguel Syjuco
WINNER
OF THE 2008 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE
BOOK OF THE YEAR
It
begins with a body. On a clear day in winter, the battered corpse of Crispin
Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River. Gone, too, is the only manuscript of
his final book, a work meant to rescue him from obscurity by exposing the
crimes of the Filipino ruling families. Miguel, his student and only remaining
friend, sets out for Manila to investigate.
The result is a rich and dramatic family saga of four generations, tracing one hundred and fifty years of Philippine history forged under the Spanish, the Americans, and the Filipinos themselves. Exuberant and wise, wildly funny and deeply moving, Ilustrado is a daring and inventive debut novel that “begins as a murder mystery and develops into an ambitious exploration of cultural identity, ambition, and artistic purpose.” (The New Yorker).
The result is a rich and dramatic family saga of four generations, tracing one hundred and fifty years of Philippine history forged under the Spanish, the Americans, and the Filipinos themselves. Exuberant and wise, wildly funny and deeply moving, Ilustrado is a daring and inventive debut novel that “begins as a murder mystery and develops into an ambitious exploration of cultural identity, ambition, and artistic purpose.” (The New Yorker).
When the Elephants Dance
by Tess Uriza Holthe
Once in a great while comes a storyteller who can illuminate
worlds large and small, magical and true to life. When the Elephants Dance introduces us to the incandescent voice of
Tess Uriza Holthe, who sets her remarkable first novel in the waning days of
World War II.
With When the Elephants Dance Holthe has not
only written a gripping narrative of how Alejandro, Isabelle, Domingo and their
community fight for survival, but a loving tribute to the magical realism that
infuses Filipino culture. The stories shared by her characters are based on the
same tales handed down to Holthe from her Filipino father and lola, her
grandmother. This stunning debut novel is the first to celebrate in such
richness and depth the spirit of the Filipino people and their fascinating
story and marks the introduction of a talented new author who will join the
ranks of writers such as Arundhati Roy, Manil Suri, and Amy Tan.
by Samantha Sotto
Three years after her husband Max's death, Shelley feels no more adjusted to being a widow than she did that first terrible day. That is, until the doorbell rings. Standing on her front step is a young man who looks so much like Max–same smile, same eyes, same age, same adorable bump in his nose–he could be Max's long-lost relation. He introduces himself as Paolo, an Italian editor of American coffee table books, and shows Shelley some childhood photos. Paolo tells her that the man in the photos, the bearded man who Paolo says is his grandfather though he never seems to age, is Max. Her Max. And he is alive and well.
Pacific Rims:
Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops
and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball
by: Rafe Bartholomew
From street corners where diehards fashion hoops out of old car parts to the professional league where politicians exploit team loyalties to win elections, Pacific Rims gets the story-and gets in the game.
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