Po-on

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MLCME 98/00084 (P)

Po-on A Novel is a novel written by

Filipino English-language writer. This is the original title when it was first published in the Philippines in the English language. In the United States, it was published under the title Dusk: A Novel. For this novel's translation into Tagalog, the title Po-on Isang Nobela – a direct translation of Po-on A Novel - was adopted.[improper synthesis?][1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Description

Po-on: A Novel is the beginning of

Rosales Saga of F. Sionil José – a series of novels about Rosales, Pangasinan in the Philippines. The Rosales Saga has five parts, all of them individual but interrelated novels, composed namely of the following titles in terms of historical chronology: Po-on, Tree, My Brother, My Executioner, The Pretenders, and Mass.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Among José's five-part novel series, the Rosales Saga, "Po-on" was the last to be written and published but the first in terms of story-telling chronology.[8][9]

In Po-on begins the narration of the experiences of one generation of the Salvador family (later changed to "Samson" to avoid being hunted by the

Guardia Civil), through Eustaqio "Istak" Samson, a farmer who joined the fleeing Ilokanos known as the mal vivir or "agraviados". The peasant family reluctantly left their original hometown to escape further oppression and persecution from the colonial authorities. Their journey leads them to a new place at Rosales, Pangasinan, under the care of the wealthy mestizo named Don Jacinto, who despite owning large tracts of land, supports his fellow countrymen and indios in their plight. The novelist discusses the life and the origins of this family while embellished with the historical background of the Philippines during the late 1880s up to the early 1990s.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Historical background

Alive in the novel were the concepts and the events that emanated during peacetime and wartime; even the status of the poor and the affluent, of the privileged and the powerful, and of those who have privileges, freedoms, and rights. During Istak's time during the final days of the 1800s, when Spain lost control of the Philippines, the bliss in Istak's heart when the

Philippine histories, together with the presentation of their social and psychological effects to the Philippine citizenry who had been under foreign occupiers from one time followed by another.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Plot summary

The events in Po-on A Novel happened from 1880s to early 1900s, when an

Tirad Pass
, inevitably unable to recount the contents of the letter to Aguinaldo.

Reviews and analysis

Po-on the novel is only one part of F. Sionil José's Rosales Saga, the historical epic narrative composed of four other novels considered by the Filipino poet and

U.S.A. trilogy by the American novelist John Dos Passos.[6][7][8][9]

See also

Notes

  1. ilustrados
    } spread a gossip that Mabini was a cripple because he was syphilitic, an untruth that I {Sionil José} had swallowed and presented as a fact in this novel."), due to being accredited by historians and people alike. Subsequent editions of Po-on bear these corrections ("and my deepest apologies").

References

Footnotes

  1. ^
    Project MUSE 201354
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com, retrieved on: April 17, 2008
  3. ^ a b c d e Overview (Synopsis) and Editorial Review Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Barnes & Noble, Barnes&Noble.com, retrieved on: April 17, 2008
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dusk", About this Book Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, Random House, Inc., RandomHouse.ca, retrieved on: April 17, 2008
  5. ^ a b c d e Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, retrieved on: April 17, 2008
  6. ^ a b c d e Gibney Frank, Everybody's Colony (page 1), A book review about F. Sionil Jose's Dusk, New York: The Modern Library. 323 pp., The New York Times, NYTimes.com, August 2, 1998
  7. ^ a b c d e Gibney Frank, Everybody's Colony (page 2), A review about F. Sionil Jose's Dusk (page 2), New York: The Modern Library. 323 pp., The New York Times, NYTimes.com, August 2, 1998
  8. ^ a b c d BEST SELLERS: August 9, 1998, And Bear in Mind (Editors' choices of other recent books of particular interest), Dusk by F. Sionil Jose (Modern Library), "A microhistorical novel in which the author, focusing on the trials of a single family, educates the reader in Philippine history and in how the people of that country see themselves," The New York Times, NYTimes.com, August 9, 1998
  9. ^ a b c d Notable Books of 1998 (page 3), Dusk by F. Sionil Jose. (Modern Library), "A microhistorical novel in which the author, focusing on the trials of a single family, educates the reader in Philippine history and in how the people of that country see themselves."
  10. ^ a b About this book and Backcover details, Amazon.com

Bibliography

External links

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