An endless festival amidst an endless war is the central image of this novel of the Philippines of the time of Marcos. Three young people seek relief from the suffocating repression and brutality of the Dictatorship by joining an ancient festival in the island of K----. They find instead that the wa
State of War: A Novel of Life in the Philippines
β Scribed by Ninotchka Rosca
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Pub
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1494442221
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