Gotita de Dragon and other Stories

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Author: Nick Joaquin

In this collection of five short stories for both young and old, National Artist Nick Joaquin uses his whimsy and his sense of the gothic to re-imagine Philippine folktales.

“(𝘛)𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 . . . 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦…. [𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺] 𝘢𝘳𝘦 [𝘩𝘪𝘴] 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 . . . 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦.” – from the Introduction by Cyan Abad-Jugo, educator and author of Salingkit

This anthology includes “Lechonito the Holy Innocent,” “The Mystery Sleeper of Balite Drive,” “The Traveling Salesman and the Split Woman,” “Balikbayan,” and “Gotita de Dragon.”

ISBN: 9789712729546 • 0.195 kg • 8 × 6 in • Newsprint • 2014 • English • 112 pages