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020			_a9789715426381 (v. 1);9789715426398 (v. 2)
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040			_cAEA
050			_aPS 9992.4 _b.Un21 2010
245		0	_aUnderground spirit : _bPhilippine short stories in English, 1973-1989 / _cedited by Gemino H. Abad.
260			_aQuezon City : _bUniversity of the Philippine Press, _cc2010.
300			_a2 v. _c23 cm.
500			_aSequel to: Upon our own ground.
505			_av.1 1973 to 1982 -- v.2 1983 to 1989.
520			_a and that image sums up and makes into a whole the story's meaningfulness by which its form has been achieved. That meaningfulness too is what raises the story to a universal plane, which is not therealm of eternal verities but rather, the site of everlasting questioning. Thus, illustratively, it would appear in a number of stories that the country's true hero is the common tao for their underground spirit of endurance
520			_a the rebel, too, the NPA cadre, would be ennobled during those oppressive years of martial law by their struggle for a just and humane society.
520			_aThis two-volume sequel anthology to Upon Our Own Ground (2008) continues our people's story-the same complex tapestry, as in the previous anthology, of how we Filipinos think and feel about our world and so, justify the way we live. Because of the ever-present danger of arrest and torture during the years of the Marcos dictatorship (1972 to 1986), the writers were driven to other forms or guises of the short story, such as fantasy and sci-fi, tale and parable. But whatever the form, you come away from the story with an image of a lifetime or a moment lived that the story's words have evocatively forged
650			_aShort stories, Philippine (English)
700			_aAbad, Gemino H., _936289
942			_cFIL
999			_c73658 _d73658