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by: F. Sionil Jose
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9789718845141
ISBN: 9718845143
Label: Solidaridad/PALH
Manufacturer: Solidaridad/PALH
Number Of Pages: 136
Publication Date: March 15, 1997
Publisher: Solidaridad/PALH
Sales Rank: 3332495
Studio: Solidaridad/PALH
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Product Description:
Tree is a story of a boy growing up in a small Ilokano town, surrounded by friends bedlow his social class, by relatives and doting servants who have served his family all their lives. It is also a story of oppression and compassion. 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.
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Rating: - Great Cultural Insight
Set in the Philippines in the 1930's and 1940's, this short novel follows the life of a young boy, the son of a rich landowner. There is nothing extraordinary about the story, but there is a load of cultural insight. The author focuses not on the story, but on this young boy's experience growing up in the provinces (a small, remote, rural setting). What might stand out the most to the Western reader is the clear-cut class distinction that is unashamedly present in the story. This boy's family ... Read More
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