Women?s fiction, historical fiction, romance
Magdalena
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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard blends a series of multiple perspectives to describe the history of the Philippines?from the Philippine-American, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in World War II, up to the Vietnam War. A tale of three generations of Filipino women exploring their personal narratives and love stories, Magdalena brings into focus the Filipino culture, social and racial divisions in the Philippines, and the effects of war and occupation to their lives and personal relationships
Publisher: "Cecilia Manguerra Brainard grew up in the port city of Cebu, Philippines, a place that retains its Spanish colonial influences, inspiring Cecilia to create her mythical setting called ?Ubec?, which echoes the Santo Ni?o Church, triangular Spanish Fort San Pedro, and old buildings and streets of the real Cebu. Her three novels?When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena, and The Newspaper Widow, are set (even partially) in Ubec. Cecilia is the author and editor of sixteen other books including Fundamentals of Creative Writing, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, and the follow-up books Growing Up Filipino II and III. Cecilia has received a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, and a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths. In 2001, she received a Filipinas Magazine Award for Arts. Her books have won the Gourmand Award and the Gintong Aklat Award. In 2023, she won the National Artist Cirilo F. Bautista Prize for Best Book of Short Fiction in English in the 40th National Book Awards for her book Selected Short
Stories."
Year: 2016
Category: Fiction - Novel
Language: English
Pages count: 160
Word count: 57164
Dimensions: 14.5 x 22.5 cm, 14 x 21.5 cm
ISBN: 978-971-506-801-7
Keywords: "Japanese invasion, Filipino women, Tragedy"
Awards: Finalist, 32nd National Book Awards