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050			_aPQ 8897.A22 _b.Ab13 2013
100			_aAbad, Antonio M. _939891
245		0	_aLa Oveja de Nathan = Nathan's sheep : _buna novela Filipina = a Philippine novel / _cAntonio M. Abad, translated by Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes.
264			_aMakati City : _bGeorgina Padilla y Zóbel, Filipinas Heritage Library and Ayala Foundation, _c2013
300			_axxi, 664 pages _c27 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aEpic in Scale, La Oveja de Nathán sweeps across three centuries and three continents, and ends in a Philippines beset by World War I. The bilingual novel traces the dramatic life story of the protagonist Mariano Bontulan, a typesetter in the government printing office, whose patron is Don Benito Claudio de Hernán González, a prominent Spanish mestizo and founder of the Federalista Party, which supported Philippine annexation to the United States. Bontulan's life takes a sudden turn when his rabidly pro-American chief requires him to write increasingly anti-Filipino tracts. Bontulan is haunted by the stinging questions his prophet-like mentor Don Benito asks of him: Who will be the Philippine Nathan who will fling into the face of the modern David the ugliness of his behavior (2 Samuel 11)? In this novel, the Philippines is presented as the sacrificial lamb lovingly cared for by Spain, and coveted by the rich and powerful America. La Oveja de Nathán is the worthy and rightful successor to José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere, a cultural landmark in the long tradition of Filipino literature of protest.
650			_aPhilippine fiction (Spanish) _939828
650			_aPhilippine fiction (Spanish). _939828
650			_aPhilippine fiction (Spanish). _939828
700			_aBrillantes, Lourdes Castillo., _946283
942			_cFIL
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