A Potent, Uneasy Blend Of Passion And Fatalism In 'The Woman Who Had Two Navels'
No matter what's happening in this new collection of work from the late Filipino writer Nick Joaquin, it's probably already too late — but that doesn't stop his characters from struggling.
CANDIDA: Can we bring back those days again?
For the late, seminal Filipino writer Nick Joaquin, even the smallest interactions are microcosms of larger and irreconcilable tensions — between religion and the secular, between ideological generations, between men and women. Even his decision to write in English, the language of a country that forcibly occupied the Philippines, is a loaded one. But itcollects some of Joaquin's most widely-known pieces, and the overlapping sorrows in his writing make this a standout collection in which no matter what's happening, it's probably already too late.
