Twice Blessed: A Novel by Ninotchka Rosca HISTORY - Chinese In The Philippines

Twice Blessed: A Novel by Ninotchka Rosca HISTORY - Chinese In The PhilippinesDevastating political satire by a fine writer Andrea Dworkin The story of the Basbas fraternal twins as they burrow into the integument of power in Philippine politics, their rise accompanied by catastrophes big and small, to themselves, to the people around them and to the nation they aspire to dominate. A brilliant roman a clef, fast but lyrical, conferring a mythic dimension on even the banal and the putrid, as only the wondrous prose of Ninotchka

ISBN-10 : 971271138-2

gathers seventeen enchanting stories grouped into four categories: Long Ago Tales

University of the Philippines-Visayas professor emeritus

If interested

There is no doubt that your going on will be a delightfully rewarding one

She also explores the clash between old and new values in a country overshadowed by Western influences

Teresita Alcantara

ISBN-13 : 978-97-1-271318-7

especially the Visayas and Mindanao

helped the colonial rulers succeed in placing the indio 'on a level with the beast'

Balut – fertilized duck or chicken eggs that have developed into fully formed embryos with feathers and beaks – is a delicacy which elicits passionate responses

Publisher: Anvil Books (2013)