Muse and Balikbayan: Two Plays by F. Sionil Jose BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Muse and Balikbayan: Two Plays by F. Sionil Jose BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYAlthough F. Sionil Josethe Philippines' most widely translated novelistadores the stage, he has written only two plays, Muse and Balikbayan. In July 2008, the Cultural Center of the Philippines stages Dong Aothe second act of Balikbayan. Dong Ao is the traditional Ilokano ritual wailing usually performed by friends or relatives of the deceased during the wake and before the coffin is lowered into the grave. As Sionil Jose wrote this section of the

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There he reimagines iconic Asian dishes

shows the artist as a pioneer in figurative expressionism in Philippine contemporary art

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ISBN-10 : 082482795-3

To give a literate voice to the voiceless one hundred thousand Filipinos in the United States

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown/Orion

Publisher: University of the Philippines Press (July 1