Dogeaters - Softcover

Hagedorn, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0044408471 ISBN 13: 9780044408475

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

This jazzy, sardonic novel depicts the nightmare world that was the Philippines of the Marcoses. Its terrain is familiar to us from the writings of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Manuel Puig: a lush, fantastical, overheated landscape, where the fractured lives of the poor are rendered palatable solely by dreams. Rich and poor, everyone sells something here; everyone has a price. The common dream of a myriad group of characters--bored teenagers, timid shop girls, male prostitutes on the make.

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Review

"A dangerous play which actually achieves its great ambitions... it focuses our attention on a land not well understood... What kind of price does the average person pay while living under a dictatorship? What does naked power look like?... Dogeaters is a play of important answers" Jose Rivera; "A stunning play of epic proportions" Chay Yew; "In Dogeaters the journey is as titillating as a great vacation that leads you willingly into danger. The play carves a clear narrative line out of a dense literary pastiche - a real accomplishment" New York Times"

Synopsis

Set in the Philippines, this novel introduces a world where American pop culture mingles with local tradition. A wealth of characters, movie stars, pimps and freedom fighters affect the life of a young schoolgirl. The author's poetry is included in "Early Ripening: American Women Poets Now".

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0044408471
• ISBN 13: 9780044408475
• Binding: Paperback