Description
Set in a small Ilokano town, this historical novel follows a boy as he grows up amid the quiet routines of privilege and the daily realities of those who serve, befriend, and endure alongside him. As his world expands through relationships with friends from lower social ranks and the adults who orbit his family, he is drawn into the tensions of empathy and subjugation that define the community’s social order. With a keen eye for character and class, the story explores how power is inherited, how compassion can coexist with complicity, and how history shapes the choices people make. Written in F. Sionil José’s distinctive, socially observant style, the novel offers a moving, human-scale lens on inequality and moral awakening.
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Published Jan 1, 1978
148 pages
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First Published
1983
Language
eng
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