Young Adult Novel
A Book of Dreams: A Novel
PHP 550.00
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo?s third novel presents the fantasies, dreams, and ?real? stories written by Angela about her friends, Ruben, Ariel, Debbie, Luis, and Cora. The plot unfolds as the characters, seeking to rise beyond personal sufferings and in pursuit of faith, meet each other in their everyday lives, dreams, and in Angela?s sketches, thus, defying the logic of space and time. A Book of Dreams was first published by the UP Press in 2001.
Publisher: Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, a critic and a literary scholar, with more than 40 published books. As an academic, she pioneered in the writing and teaching of Creative Nonfiction in the country. A Book of Dreams is her third novel. The other two are Vida (Mr. & Ms, 1981), and Recuerdo (UP Press, 1996, 2020). She has received multiple literary awards, the latest being the S.E.A.Write Award, an international award granted by the Royal Family of Thailand. She has also received national awards for lifetime achievement: the Carlos Palanca Dangal ng Lahi Award, the Gawad Balagtas Award from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), and the Parangal Hagbong from the UST Varsitarian; and various Palancas and National Book Awards for individual works. She has worked as a teacher, writer, and editor in Bangkok, Seoul, Yangon, New York City, and Manila. As an academic administrator, she has served in the University of the Philippines as Vice President for Public Affairs of the UP System, Director of the UP Press, and Director of the UP Institute of Creative Center; and in UST as Director of the UST Publishing House. At present, she is Director of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, and Professor Emeritus of UP Diliman.
Year: 2024
Category: Fiction - Novel
Language: English
Pages count: 276
Word count: 77179
Dimensions: 14 x 22 cm
ISBN: 978-971-506-932-8
Keywords: "Young adult novel, Fantasy, Tales"
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