Understanding Jose Rizal by Renato Perdon

"On the occasion of Jose Rizals 150th birth anniversary this year, the author visited the issue of making the national hero relevant to the current generations of Filipinos. Early in the book, he quoted the late great, nationalist, Claro M. Recto who said, Everyone makes his own Rizal, in his own image. Patriotic veneration and partisan interest have raised him in so many altars and that the image of Rizal has undergone as many sacrilegious manipulations as there have been literary priests officiating at his rites. This book is an attempt to understand Jose Rizal as a man and as a Filipino. In doing this, the author suggested that we should emulate his life as an ordinary but gifted man, as a member of a typical big family, with loves, frustrations and tribulations, a person with the usual romantic interests as a young man, and not as a person on a high pedestal beyond our comprehension." -Excerpts from the Book.
A Philippine import. Limited copies available.

Published January 1st 2011 by Manila Prints
ISBN-10 : 098048274-7
ISBN-13 : 978-09-8-048274-4
Item Weight : 1.11 pounds
Language: : English