Ilustrado: A Novel (original 2010; edition 2011)

by Miguel Syjuco

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Title	Ilustrado: A Novel
Author	Miguel Syjuco
Tags	filipino
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Review	This feels like a huge inside joke. And being Filipino drives home the punchline just like an arrow to the heart. The book in one sentence: Young Filipino writer Miguel Syjuco seeks the truth about the death of his mentor Crispin Salvador and his missing last manuscript, and in the process shares with readers elements of the Filipino identity. My thoughts: I'm a Filipino. Born, raised and lived in the Philippines for most of my 30 + odd years. I migrated to Canada shy of 2 years ago. My appetite for Filipino literature has been limited, though I have read the compulsory Noli and El Fili and have enjoyed F. Sionil Jose, Lualhati Bautista, Gilda Cordero-Fernando -- but mainly because it was hip to do so in university and in the NGO circles. It's ironic that I started book blogging because I wanted to expose myself to more genres of literature and read writers from various cultures, but never really looked in my own back yard. My bad. I guess being in another country was the push for me to truly appreciate the idiosyncrasies of being Filipino, and finally read this much talked about book! I first read the review of Ilustrado by Blooey of this young Filipino writer who with his debut novel takes home the Man Asian Literary Prize. Then during lunch break this 2011, irony of ironies, my Canadian co-worker tells me that their book club is reading Ilustrado! So hunker down to read it I did. And I surprisingly discovered that so many things resonated with me. Read the rest here: http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.com/2011/05/ilustrado-by-miguel-syjuco.html
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Publication date	2011
Publication	Picador (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN	031257293X / 9780312572938
Number of volumes	1
Number of copies	1
Pages	336
Dimensions	8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Weight	0.75 pounds


LC Classification	PR9550.S96 I45
Dewey	813


Primary language eng	English
Secondary language	(blank)
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