{"product_id":"9780143130710-the-woman-who-had-two-navels-and-tales-of-the-tropical-gothic","title":"Joaquin Nick - The Woman Who Had Two Navels And Tales Of The Tropical Gothic - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers but he has remained little - known outside his home country despite writing in English. With the post - colonial sensibilities of Junot Diaz Teju Cole and Jhumpa Lahiri and an ironic perspective of colonial history resonant with Marques and Llosa Joaquin is a long - neglected writer ready to join the ranks of the world classics. His work meditates on the questions and challenges of the Filipino individual's new freedom after a long history of colonialism exploring folklore centuries - old Catholic rites the Spanish colonial past magical realism and baroque splendour and excess. This collection features his best - known story The Woman Who Had Two Navels centred on Philippine emigrants living in Hong Kong and later expanded into a novel the much - anthologised story May Day Eve and a canonical play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Woman Who Had Two Navels And Tales Of The Tropical Gothic\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Joaquin Nick\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780143130710\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 448 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 4\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Joaquin Nick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49591699046705,"sku":"IN-G-9780143130710","price":16.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780143130710.jpg?v=1754872625","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780143130710-the-woman-who-had-two-navels-and-tales-of-the-tropical-gothic","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}