Ilustrado

by

308 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2011 by Penguin Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-14-317261-1
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OCLC Number:
706910179

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4 stars (1 review)

When young Miguel loses his mentor, he sets out to investigate the author's suspicious death and the strange disappearance of an unfinished manuscript - a work that had been planned not just to return the once-great author to fame but to expose the corruption behind the rich families who have ruled the Philippines for generations.

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reviewed Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco

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4 stars

I had mixed feelings about the book. It was hard to get into. It felt slow and uneven. I wasn't draw to the characters. Yet it was masterfully written. Part way through, where Waiting for Godot was quoted, I had to stop and wonder what else was in there for quotes that I was missing.

I read the book in an effort to see the world through different eyes. I am not deeply versed in Pinoy culture, and I wonder what I've missed that way. I wonder about the literary allusions I've missed. I wonder what else I would get from this book if I read it with a bunch of Filipino literature students from Columbia.

Subjects

  • Filipino Authors
  • Fiction
  • Murder
  • Investigation

Places

  • Philippines