{"title":"x-FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE \u0026 FILIPINOS IN THE DIASPORA - Women Writers (Marianne Villanueva)","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mayor-of-the-roses-stories-by-marianne-villanuea","title":"Mayor of the Roses: Stories by Marianne Villanuea","description":"Fiction. Asian American Studies. \"There is a disarming immediacy to these stories, most related by a young Filipina emigrant to the (United )States, about a search for what should be accessible-home, family, history-but proves so rarely nowadays to be so. These are moving, finely crafted tales\"-Ehud Havazelet. \u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eMayor of the Roses,\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e award-winning writer Marianne Villanueva writes of the contrary beauty, ugliness, and violence of her native land, the Philippines, as well as of the myriad contradictions of immigrant life in the new landscapes of America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarianne Villanueva, a former Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford, has been writing and publishing stories about the Philippines and Filipino Americans since the mid 1980s. Her story \"Silence\" first published in the Three Penny Review was short-listed for the 2000 O. Henry Literature Prize, and \"The Hand\" was awarded first prize in Juked's 2007 fiction contest. She has edited an anthology of Filipina women's writings, \"Gong Home to a Landscape\" which was selected as a Notable Book by the prestigious Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. She currently teaches writing and literature in the San Francisco Bay Area. This title is part of the Miami University Press Fiction Series \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperbound: 181 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Miami University Press (January 1, 2005)\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN-10: 188116346-6\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 978-18-8-116346-6\u003cbr\u003eProduct Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eShipping Weight: 8 ounces","brand":"Miami University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39567491891366,"sku":"SKU-369","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/0785\/3478\/products\/8cd8596fcb1e20dbbcd89852a386b058.jpg?v=1616550274"},{"product_id":"the-lost-language-stories-by-marianne-villanueva","title":"The Lost Language: Stories by Marianne Villanueva","description":"\"Set in the suburbs and cities of America, and in Manila and provinces in the Philippines, these fourteen well-crafted stories will haunt you, move you, break your heart calmly, elegantly. A moving book from a talented writer.\" - R. Zamora Linmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 164 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Anvil Publishing Inc. (2009)\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN-10: 971272244-9\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 978-97-1-272244-8\u003cbr\u003ePackage Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches\u003cbr\u003eShipping Weight: 7 ounces","brand":"Anvil Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39567491989670,"sku":"SKU-370","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/0785\/3478\/products\/05419fe301c664cad4c46a0cf727f5ee.jpg?v=1616550278"},{"product_id":"ginseng-and-other-tales-from-manila-by-marianne-villanueva","title":"Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila by Marianne Villanueva","description":"Fiction. Asian American Studies. Set in the Philippines, these beautiful and poignant stories reveal characters trapped in extremity in urban violence or the crushing poverty of the provinces. The reader comes away with new insights into human nature and the valor and courage of the Philippine people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eVillanueva's debut collection of probing, dreamlike tales about the Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos's dictatorship provides a haunting picture of the island's landscape and an intriguing glimpse into the minds and hearts of its people. In these 11 stories, Villanueva tells of villagers and city dwellers struggling to retain their humanity in the face of military repression. She also explores the clash between old and new values in a country overshadowed by Western influences. Despite their sorrow and confusion, Villanueva's protagonists derive strength from natural surroundings whose power she skillfully conveys. \"I have the feeling that the garden is alive and speaking to me,\" says a villager whose mother has died. \"My mother's voice comes from the heart of the trees, where the sap and the root and the life of the world come together.\" Whether she describes the ghost of a boy, slain by a corrupt colonel, \"dancing across the rice paddies\" or a graffiti artist fighting \"the will of the dictator\" with magic chalk, Villanueva injects a sense of foreboding. Hers is a milieu where it is hard to distinguish myth from reality and lies from truth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarianne Villanueva, a former Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford, has been writing and publishing stories about the Philippines and Filipino Americans since the mid 1980s. 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