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Gina Apostol?s novel pieces together a century and a half of Philippine history through the story of a single family over generations of colonization, war and catastrophe.Rosario Delgado, a Filipina novelist in New York City, learns of the death of her mother in the Philippines, but puts off her return to the country by burying herself in an investigation her family's history?and her mother?s supposed inheritance, La Tercera, a place that may or may not exist. As Rosario tries to understand her mother?s past and her own, she documents generations of family bequests and detritus, from maps of uncertain purpose and the rusted remains of chicken coops to family notebooks and news clippings. She grapples, too, with less tangible legacies: the lasting effects of fifty years of American rule; Filipino puns and jibes that play off of shifting overlays of language (English, Tagalog, Waray, Spanish); and the sensibilities of generations of Delgados, a blend of despair and pride, venom and

Author : Gina Apostol

Pages : 480 pages

Publisher : Soho Press

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 9781641293907

ISBN-13 : 9781641293907