![]() ![]() ![]() Sylvestre, in all of eight pages, is a brief history of the emergence of folklore of how pope and confessor St. Sylvestre Setting: Intramuros, Manila, Philippines I am quite excited to share with you some of my thoughts on the stories in this collection, and thereby share a piece of my own culture and history. He is on my list of top Filipino authors ever since I read his short story collection May Day Eve which I absolutely pored over and gave me a better appreciation for my roots. I really enjoyed this collection of three very Filipino stories, all very different, by National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, Nick Joaquin. I've scoured Amazon, Book Depository and a few other mainstream online book sources and there are so few places to buy this!) (This book seems to be hard to find if you're not in the Philippines. ![]() With The Book Trail's Advent, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to turn the spotlight on a book penned by a Filipino and set in the Philippines. I am trying ( trying being the operative word) to get more Filipino-penned books on my reading list, as well as reviewed on this blog. Sylvestre -The Summer Solstice -The Order of Melkizedek Synopsis of Summer Solstice and Other Stories by Nick Joaquin*: Widely regarded as the greatest Filipino writer of the 20th century, Joaquin continued to write literary and journalistic pieces until his death on April 29, 2004, at the age of 86. Philippine folklore, religion, history packed in 3 short stories. ![]()
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