Bones of Contention: The Andres Bonifacio Lectures

10 best books like Bones of Contention: The Andres Bonifacio Lectures (Ambeth R. Ocampo): In Sisterhood—Lea at Lualhati, It's a Mens World, Ilayo Mo Kami Sa Apoy Ng Impyerno!, Mga Agos sa Disyerto, A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories, Mass Murders, Personal: Mga Sanaysay sa Lupalop ng Gunita, Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah, Tree, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog

In Sisterhood—Lea at Lualhati

Author

Lualhati Bautista

ANG MASASABI NILA TUNGKOL SA AWTOR:

Lea Bustamante: Nuknukan ng yabang 'yan. Kung sabihin ba naman, 'yung pangit na obra daw niya ang mas mabili nang mahal. Kasi daw, bihira lang iyon.

Magda No Name: Hindi ako hanga sa kanya, ha! Tignan n'yo 'ko sa 'Gapo', ni wala akong apelyido. Wala...

It's a Mens World

Author

Bebang Siy

Unang nagka-mens ang kapatid kong si Colay kesa sa akin. Ten years old siya noon at ako, magtu-twelve. Sabi ng mga pinsan ko, nauna raw si Colay kasi mas mataba siya at mas aktibo sa paggalaw-galaw kesa sa akin.

Naging sentro ng atensiyon si Colay noong araw na reglahin siya. Lahat kami, nasa labas...

Ilayo Mo Kami Sa Apoy Ng Impyerno!

Author	Manix Abrera
ISBN	9710545205

Pain Pain Go Away, Angel of Dead Air, Cosmic Rule ng mga Taxi, The Vitruvian Man!, Dilang Anghel, Life and Depth, Probability ng Probability Theory, Death by Logic, Never Trust the Devil!, Death by Logic!, Bless You, Tila Luwang Kaluluwa, Mas Masklap Ang Buhay Kapag Finast-Forward, Ikakasal Ka Na,...

Mga Agos sa Disyerto

Author	Efren R. Abueg
ISBN	9711704889

Gaya ng pagunita ng isang guro-kritiko ukol sa kultura sa kabataang manunulat na "sulat nang sulat nang walang alam" sa kasaysayan ng panitikan ng Pilipinas (sa lahat ng wikang ginagamit sa bansa), "makabubuti sa kanila ang lumingon sa lumipas" at tuklasin ang naging papel ng "Agos sa Disyerto" sa...

A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories

Author

Eliza Victoria

Award-winning author Eliza Victoria mixes magic with the mundane in this special concoction of 16 short stories. A girl meets a young man with the legs of a chicken. A boy is employed by a goddess running a pawnshop. A group of teenagers are trapped in an enchanted forest for 900 days. A man finds himself...

Mass Murders

Author	Budjette Tan
ISBN	9719456906

12 midnight at Metro Manila.

Try to remain calm if you suddenly spot a tikbalang speeding down EDSA or a manananggal swooping across the Makati skyline. While partying at the Fort, never ever let the enkanto at the bar buy you a drink.

Yet, there are deadlier things than walk the streets...

Personal: Mga Sanaysay sa Lupalop ng Gunita

Author	Rene O. Villanueva
ISBN	9712714217

Sa mahigit na 40 informal essays na tinipon sa Personal: Mga Sanaysay sa Lupalop ng Gunita, nagbalik sa kanyang unang 20 taon ang itinuring na isa sa pangunahing contemporary playwrights at awtor ng kuwentong-pambata, si Rene O. Villanueva, na ang unang hinangaang characters sa fiction ay sina Engot...

Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah

Author

Carlo Vergara

Zsazsa Zaturnnah tells the story of Ada, a cynical resident of a small provincial town, who gains superhuman abilities through a stone that falls from the heavens. With the ability to transform into the voluptuous and powerful Zaturnnah, Ada defends his hometown from dangerous otherworldly threats.

Adding...

Tree

Author	F. Sionil José
ISBN	9718845143

Tree belongs to Francisco Sionil Jose's largest body of work known as the Rosales novels. Like much of his fiction, it depicts man's continuing and often futile search for justice and a moral order.

This novel is a story of a boy growing up in a small Ilokano town, surrounded by friends below his...

Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog

Author	Edgar Calabia Samar
ISBN	9712720666

"Binubuksan ng nobelang ito ang panibagong yugto sa pagsusulat ng nobela. Malayo na ito sa tradisyon ng mga romantisista at modernista, na laging mabigat sa dibdib ang paglalahad ng naratibo. Sa akdang ito wala nang imposible sa materyal at maging sa pamamaraan ng paglalahad nito. Tinatangka nitong...

Sentimental, mga tula ng pag-ibig, lungkot at paglimot

Author

Virgilio S. Almario

Nakakatuwang basahin. Tinipon ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining na si Rio Alma (Virgilio S. Almario) ang kanyang mga tula tungkol sa pag-ibig. Umaga ng bisperas ng Pasko at ito ang binasa ko. Nakakagaan ng kalooban ang mga tula. Ang mga taludtod na waring nangungusap sa puso. Ginugulatay ang mga himaymay...

A Question of Heroes

Author	Nick Joaquín
ISBN	9712715450

A very educational read. Nick Joaquin (1917-2004) was one of the National Artists of the Philippines so even if he did not use footnotes and references in this book, I could not help but believe him. After all, he was born in 1917 that was just about 2 decades after the Spanish-Filipino and Filipino-American...

Tw7sted

Author

Jessica Zafra

Jessica Zafra (born 1965) is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp and witty writing style. Her most popular books are the Twisted series, a collection of her essays as a columnist for newspaper Today (now Manila Standard...

The Best of Youngblood

Author	Jorge Aruta
ISBN	9712706958

I'm not a newspaper boy, I don't mean the one who throws and sell newspaper, I mean I don't usually read newspapers because of tragic headlines and superstar scandals but I never thought that Youngblood really exist. I'm trying to open some old newspapers in the library and can't find any Youngblood column...

Devil in Disguise

Author

Jessica E. Larsen

Will his dark secrets tear them apart from their fated love?

Benjamin Evans destiny doesn’t seem to belong to him. His parents have arranged for him to marry Yuna Vasquez, the daughter of his parents’ new business partners, something which he instantly refused, but when he collides with...

Ang Huling Dalagang Bukid at ang Authobiography na Mali: Isang Imbestigasyon

Author

Jun Cruz Reyes

Ano na ang lenggwahe ng unconscious mind at sindak?
Ano ang nasa pagitan ng totoo at ng fiction?
Paano paghahaluin ang personal at ang lipunan?
Paano isusulat ang ngayon sa nobelang nasa isip?
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