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Killing time in a warm place / Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr.

By: Dalisay, Jose Y. JrMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Contemporary Philippine fictionPublisher: Pasig, Metro Manila : Anvil Pub., c2006Edition: New editionDescription: 209 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789712718120 [newsprint]Subject(s): Diliman Commune -- Philippines | "UG" safehouses martial law prisons -- Philippines | Hones and offices of the petty-bourgeoisie | middle class Filipino's migration

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Contents: I Dream of Lizards -- II The black pool -- III Daredeviltry -- IV Killing time in a warm place.

Summary: Summary: Killing Time in a Warm Place is a novel of growing up in the Philippines during the Marcos years. Told in the voice of its protagonist, Noel Ilustre Bulaong, the narrative travels through familiar social and literary territory: the coconut groves of Bulaong's childhood, Manila's hovels, the Diliman Commune, "UG" safehouses, martial law prisons, and the homes and offices of the petty-bourgeoisie. It is a story of false horizons, of betrayal, compromise, and guilt, and not incidentally of the contemporary middle-class Filipino's migration from the village to the metropolis to the outside world.

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Filipiniana	899.210301 D15ki 2006 (Browse shelf)	Available

Contents: I Dream of Lizards -- II The black pool -- III Daredeviltry -- IV Killing time in a warm place.

Summary: Killing Time in a Warm Place is a novel of growing up in the Philippines during the Marcos years. Told in the voice of its protagonist, Noel Ilustre Bulaong, the narrative travels through familiar social and literary territory: the coconut groves of Bulaong's childhood, Manila's hovels, the Diliman Commune, "UG" safehouses, martial law prisons, and the homes and offices of the petty-bourgeoisie. It is a story of false horizons, of betrayal, compromise, and guilt, and not incidentally of the contemporary middle-class Filipino's migration from the village to the metropolis to the outside world.

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