"Banyaga's unflinching and unforgettable portrait of three immigrants and their familial, business, romantic, political and social entanglements over eight decades effectively demystifies the lingering myth-understandings surrounding the 'Chinese.' But Ong's main achievement lies in his revelation of the wondrous alchemy that turns foreigner into Filipino and, just as important, Filipino into someone (and something) at once familiar and ineluctably foreign." - Caroline S. Hau, Writer and literary critic