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050 _aPR 9550.8
_b.H29 2019
100 _aHau, Caroline S.,
_d-1969
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245 0 _aDemigods and monsters :
_bstories /
_cCaroline S. Hau.
264 _aDiliman, Quezon City :
_bUniversity of the Philippines Press,
_cC2019.
300 _avii, 145 pages
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _aA child commits an unspeakable act against another child. A woman avails herself of the services of a love hospital to dispel her husband's mistress. A former entertainer holds the fort of an aging village against encroaching wild animals and dementia. A controversial politician calls a press conference to explain his crimes and misdemeanors. A family living in an old house is plagued by poltergeists. These are some of the demigods and monsters who range across the troubled landscapes of the Philippines, Japan, China, Singapore, and the United States, and haunt this new collection of short fiction by the author of Recuerdos de Patay and Other Stories.
650 _aPhilippine fiction (English).
650 _aShort stories, Philippines (English).
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942 _cFIL
999 _c9054
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