TY - BOOK AU - Bautista, Cirilo F. TI - Sunlight on broken stones: the last in the trilogy of Saint Lazarus SN - 9715422659 AV - PS 9993.B33 .Su73 2000 PY - 2000///];copyright 2000 CY - Quezon City PB - Philippine Centennial Commission and University of the Philippine Press KW - Philippine poetry (English) KW - sears N1 - First Prize/English epic peom N2 - Highlights the epic poem of the multi- awarded Filipino author Dr. Cirilo Bautista. The epic builds on the cogitations and explications of various souls, as they seek to interpret and justify the experiences of their time and place, in the context of the Filipino nation's struggle for selfhood and freedom. The voices in the epic include the port, the nation, its heroes-political rulers, churchmen, everyday people- and even some objects in human embodiment. The epic of 3,050 lines concludes his monumental work on Philippine history. Garnered First Prize in Epic Writing English Category of the National Centennial Commission Literary Contests, 1998 ER -