Contemporary Philippine Fiction

A Dream Of Peace And Other Stories

By Norma O. Miraflor

ISBN: 971-27-06931 | Ed. 1998 | Softcover, bookpaper | 200 pp.
14 x 21 cm. | P255 | Order Now | Back to top

These are twelve stories throbbing with the elemental passions of people adrift in a vast and varied landscape. The author examines their continuing search for substance and relevance, their struggle to retain or regain a genuine sense of self, their attempts at escaping from spiritual isolation, and their tireless efforts to paint their respective worlds in brave and blazing colors.

All The Conspirators

By Carlos Bulosan

ISBN: 971-27-07377 | Ed. 1998 | Softcover, bookpaper | 188 pp.
14 x 21 cm. | P295 | Order Now | Back to top

Published for the first time since it was written nearly forty years ago, All the Conspirators is a vivid portrait of the grief that choked the Philippines after World War 2. Introduced by Caroline S. Hau and Benedict Anderson.

Ang Kanilang Mga Sugat

By Genoveva Edroza-Matute

ISBN: 971-27-04130 | Ed. 1995 | Softcover, newsprint | 300 pp.
11 x 18 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

A timely work on the environment and life by one of the country's award-winning fictionists.

Ang Silid Na Mahiwaga

Kalipunan Ng Kuwento't Tula Ng Mga Babaeng Manunulat

By Soledad S. Reyes, editor

ISBN: 971-27-03975 | Ed. 1994 | Softcover, bookpaper | 566 pp.
14.4 x 22 cm. | P795 | Order Now | Back to top

A collection of stories and poems by women writing in their native tongue in a celebration of Filipino womanhood. Includes works by Gregoria De Jesus, Liwayway Arceo, Genoveva Edroza, Lina Flor Trinidad, Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Lilia Quindoza-Santiago, Merlinda Bobis, Marra Pl. Lanot, Joi Barrios, Benilda Santos, Aida Santos, Ligaya Rubin, Lualhati Bautista, and many more.

Ang Silid Na Mahiwaga

Kalipunan Ng Kuwento't Tula Ng Mga Babaeng Manunulat

By Soledad S. Reyes, editor

ISBN: 971-27-04017 | Ed. 1994 | Softcover, newsprint | 566 pp.
14.4 x 22 cm. | P250 | Order Now | Back to top

Cave And Shadows

By Nick Joaquin

ISBN: 971-27-13180 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 272 pp.
18.6 x 14 cm. | 595 P | Order Now | Back to top

A classic from National Artist for Literature, Nick Joaquin, Cave and Shadows was first published in 1983, and this literary whodunit is still considered a must read by students of Philippine Literature. Cave and Shadows is a story set in motion by a mysterious death, and thrust onwards by the search for truth and the solution of the crime. Joaquin expertly weaves multi-layered meanings by interspersing Philippine historical fact with fiction. In the end, readers discover faith, truth, and human nature.

Cave And Shadows

By Nick Joaquin

ISBN: 971-27-1330X | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, newsprint | 272 pp.
18.6 x 14 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Contemporary Fiction By Filipinos In America

By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, editor

ISBN: 971-27-07016 | Ed. 1998 | | 272 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | P330 | Order Now | Back to top

A collection written by Filipinos in America or by Filipinos who have lived in America for a long time. The stories in this collection are as varied as the men and women who move in them, confronted as they are by current issues such as gender, AIDS, Filipino-American dislocations, and disconnections from home.

Dream Noises

A Generation Of Writers

By Mirriam Grace A. Go, editor

ISBN: 971-27-08659 | Ed. 1999 | Softcover, bookpaper | 152 pp.
14 x 21 cm. | P250 | Order Now | Back to top

Twelve young Filipino writers representative of their so-called Generation X share their thoughts and aspirations in this collection of short stories. Included are the works of Katrina Tuvera, Jessica Zafra, Clinton Palanca, Andrea Pasion, Lakambini Sitoy, Jimmy Alcantara, Emil Flores and more.

Empire Of Memory

By Eric Gamalinda

ISBN: 971-27-09493 | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, bookpaper | 316 pp.
14 x 21 cm. | P295 | Order Now | Back to top

This is the award-winning, New York-based writer Gamalinda's novel about two friends who are hired by Ferdinand Marcos to rewrite Philippine history. Their mission: to make it appear that Marcos is destined to rule the country in perpetuity. They embark on a journey that will take them across a surreal panorama of Philippine history and politics, and, in the process, question all their moral beliefs.

Fast Food Fiction

Short Short Stories To Go

By Noelle Q. De Jesus, editor

ISBN: 971-27-13016 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 198 pp.
14.6 x 22.2 cm. | P350 | Order Now | Back to top

An anthology of fiction from some of the Philippines' most talented writers today, Fast Food Fiction is a collection of quick reads for people always on the go. Contributors include Jessica Zafra, Tina Cuyugan, Lakambini Sitoy, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Jose Dalisay,Jr., Cyan Abad, Cathy Babao Guballa, Ramon C. Sunico, Andrea Pasion-Flores, Libay Cantor, Jaime An Lim, Greg Brillantes, Eileen Tabios, and Carla Pacis, among many, many more.

Fast Food Fiction

Short Short Stories To Go

By Noelle Q. De Jesus, editor

ISBN: 971-27-13458 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, newsprint | 198 pp.
14.6 x 22.2 cm. | P180 | Order Now | Back to top

Fruitcake

By Eraserheads

ISBN: 971-27-05978 | Ed. 1997 | (MC) | 148 pp.
20.3 x 20.3 cm. | P225 | Order Now | Back to top

A spin-off of the popular band's Christmas album, Fruitcake is a wonderful tale about little Frannie Wei, her friend, Shadow, and their adventures in Fruitcake Heights where they meet the Carol Kings, Bobo the Wiseman, the Fruitcake Fairy, and the rest of the Fruitcakeans.

Fruitcake

By Eraserheads

ISBN: 971-27-05986 | Ed. 1997 | Softcover, bookpaper | 148 pp.
20.3 x 20.3 cm. | P160 | Order Now | Back to top

Killing Time In A Warm Place

By Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr.

ISBN: 971-27-02502 | Ed. 1992 | Softcover, newsprint | 196 pp.
14 x 21.6 cm. | P140 | Order Now | Back to top

This is a novel about growing up in the Philippines during the Marcos years. Told through the voice of Noel Ilustre Bulaong, the narrative travels through familiar social and literary territory: the coconut groves of Bulaong's childhood, Manila's hovels, the Diliman commune, "UG" safehouses, martial law prisons, the homes and offices of the petite-bourgeoisie.

Manananggal Terrorizes Manila

And Other Stories

By Jessica Zafra

ISBN: 971-27-02405 | Ed. 1992 | Softcover, bookpaper | 106 pp.
14 x 21.7 cm. | P150 | Order Now | Back to top

This first collection of 15 short stories by the popular tri-media personality began the series of best-selling Twisted books and the author's nationwide campaign for world domination.

Mens Rea And Other Stories

By Lakambini Sitoy

ISBN: 971-27-06923 | Ed. 1998 | Softcover, bookpaper | 184 pp.
14 x 21 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

"... As a short story writer I can only accord her my admiration and respect for stories that are... perhaps a difficult but certainly worthwhile and remarkable read," writes Jose Dalisay, Jr. in the Foreword.

Received the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction.

On A Clear Day In November Shortly Before The Millennium

Stories For A Quarter Century

By Gregorio Brillantes

ISBN: 971-27-09744 | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, bookpaper | 304 pp.
15 x 22 cm. | P300 | Order Now | Back to top

A collection of dramatic revelations and more by award-winning Brillantes, whose narratives are, according to National Artist Nick Joaquin, "vivid panoramas of an era, a society, and poignant portraits of a generation, with a sociopolitical grittiness illumined by grace... memorable for their fusion of secular insight and spiritual dimension."

Pagsalunga

Piniling Kuwento At Sanaysay

By Rogelio Sicat

ISBN: 971-27-02758 | Ed. 1992 | Softcover, bookpaper | 224 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | P200 | Order Now | Back to top

A gathering of Sicat's short stories and essays on literature and culture.

Received the 1992 National Book Award for Fiction.

Sentimiento

Fiction And Nostalgia (Katha At Salamisim)

By Gemma Guerrero Cruz

ISBN: 971-27-04165 | Ed. 1995 | Softcover, bookpaper | 304 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | 200P | Order Now | Back to top

"The shorts stories (of Gemma Cruz) dazzle the imagination, the essays bristle with honesty and charm and wit... in the stories and pieces in this book one savors the immediate Gemma Cruz..." -Blas F Ople. Parallel texts in English and Filipino.

Songs Of Ourselves

Writings By Filipino Women In English

By Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz, editor

ISBN: 971-27-03568 | Ed. 1994 | Softcover, bookpaper | 434 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | P250 | Order Now | Back to top

Selected short stories and poems in English by the Philippines' key women writers from the 1900s, when Filipinos were just beginning to learn English, up to the present, when works written in that language, no matter how well, are being questioned by nationalists. Best read with its companion volume, Ang Silid na Mahiwaga.

Story Collection

By Gilda Cordero-Fernando

ISBN: 971-27-10238 | Ed. 1994 | Softcover, newsprint | 284 pp.
14 x 21.6 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Gathered here are Cordero-Fernando's prize-winning short stories from her earlier collections, The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker and A Wilderness of Sweets.

Testament

And Other Stories

By Katrina Tuvera

ISBN: 971-27-12508 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, bookpaper | 98 pp.
14 x 21 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

From one who was once "a promising young writer," this collection of award-winning short fiction is now a prized sample of Tuvera's highly respected writing prowess. "Tuvera renders characters who are too real for comfort, who make us confront our own humanity with the questions that scare us. [S]he accomplishes a rare universality and depth; (and) offers clarity of insight on Pinoy culture and our psyche. We read her stories and cannot help but be moved." - UP professor Isabelita Reyes, from the cover blurbs.

Received the 2002 National Book Award.

The Builder

By Edith L. Tiempo

ISBN: 971-27-13237 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 146 pp.
4 x 21.5 cm. | P275 | Order Now | Back to top

An intriguing detective story by National Artist for Literature, Edith L. Tiempo, The Builder is more than a whodunit. As the plot thickens, Tiempo's writing captures the reality of her characters --their surprising moral ambiguities and the sundry details of lives that cannot be put on hold even for a criminal investigation.

The Builder

By Edith L. Tiempo

ISBN: 971-27-13466 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, newsprint | 146 pp.
4 x 21.5 cm. | P130 | Order Now | Back to top

Tribute

An Anthology Of Contemporary Philippine Fiction

By Timothy R. Montes and Cesar Ruiz Aquino, editors

ISBN: 971-27-11099 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, bookpaper | 136 pp.
13 x 20 cm. | P450 | Order Now | Back to top

Tribute includes the literary masterpieces of 23 fictionists in memory of the late Edilberto K. Tiempo. Tiempo, together with his wife, Edith, ran the Silliman National Writers Summer Workshop, which has become a tradition in literary circles since 1962.

Tribute

An Anthology Of Contemporary Philippine Fiction

By Timothy R. Montes and Cesar Ruiz Aquino, editors

ISBN: 971-27-11080 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, newsprint | 136 pp.
13 x 20 cm. | 195P | Order Now | Back to top

Tropical Gothic

By Nick Joaquin

ISBN: 971-27-13792 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 336 pp.
18.6 x 14 cm. | P695 | Order Now | Back to top

Tropical Gothic is an intense collection of stories that include the Summer Solstice, which inspired the film Tatarin; Cándido's Apocalypse- a twisted coming-of-age story on finding identity in the grossly obvious, Doña Jerónima, the legend of the nymph and her lover in a cave by the river Pasig, and many more haunting tales in the writer's distinguished style. This book is highly recommended to fourth year high school or first year college students.

Tropical Gothic

By Nick Joaquin

ISBN: 971-27-13725 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, newsprint | 336 pp.
18.6 x 14 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

With Hearts Aflame

A Historical Novel

By Victor Ordoñez

ISBN: 971-27-12516 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, bookpaper | 263 pp.
16 x 21 cm. | P395 | Order Now | Back to top

This is the story of the unassuming, idealistic American named Tom and the fiery, unpredictable Coring whose love affair is ensnared in the Philippine-American War.

With Hearts Aflame

A Historical Novel

By Victor Ordoñez

ISBN: 971-27-12915 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, newsprint | 263 pp.
16 x 21 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

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