Philippine writings : short stories, essays, poetry : with German contributions on Philippine literature / edited by A. G. Hufana.

In this new anthology of tras-european stories, the publishers take us to the far east, an area in which the republic of the Philippines, owning to its Christian character and democratic system, occupies a special place. As a result of the archipelago's history, native writing is marked by both eastern and western influences and recorded in several languages. Apart from English and Spanish, Filipinos write books in the vernacular, Tagalog, and several native dialects. It can be clearly seen that those writers who use the vernacular draw on traditional themes and ways of narration, while the Spanish writers express themselves in ornate 19th-century style on themes involving the emotions, and English-writing Filipinos are more assertive and use more modern techniques. --Back cover of the book