A natural history of empire : stories / Dominic Sy.

By:

Sy, Dominic [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2019.Description: x, 110 pages : 23 cmISBN:

9789715509251

Subject(s):

PHILIPPINE FICTION (ENGLISH)

LOC classification:

PL 6058.9 .S9 2019

Contents:

Prolegomena -- The fingers of Sta. Juana -- A natural history of Empire -- Then cruel quite -- The agonies of fray Salvador -- Some quite conversation -- Before the fire -- Acknowledgement.

Summary: Fraying at the edge of a life lived uselessly, an old man ponders over things that were and things that may have been. A vanishing guerilla, a knife fight across the ocean, a chat with a friend come back from the dead. In these tales of doubles, delusions, and self-deceit, A Natural History of Empire challenges us to question who we truly are and who we want to become.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Filipiniana	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	Filipiniana	SHS-Filipiniana	FIL PL 6058.9 .S9 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NUBSHS00000352
Filipiniana	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	Filipiniana	SHS-Filipiniana	FIL PL 6058.9 .S9 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.2	Available		NUBSHS00002178

Includes acknowledgement.

Prolegomena -- The fingers of Sta. Juana -- A natural history of Empire -- Then cruel quite -- The agonies of fray Salvador -- Some quite conversation -- Before the fire -- Acknowledgement.

Fraying at the edge of a life lived uselessly, an old man ponders over things that were and things that may have been. A vanishing guerilla, a knife fight across the ocean, a chat with a friend come back from the dead. In these tales of doubles, delusions, and self-deceit, A Natural History of Empire challenges us to question who we truly are and who we want to become.

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