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4 days ago · Cover of. El Filibusterismo. Rizal said that the complicity of the priests in the Cavity mutiny was in doubt and it hopes that Spain would someday clear their names. Rizal committed historical inaccuracies. The printed novel lacked a foreword and a warning to save on the printing cost.
The 15 redesigned book covers are based on each theme of El Fili's story. The cover designs either feature a prominent scene from the book that made a large impact to the narrative or a metaphorical image for the plot created by the artist.
Plot. In the events of the previous novel, Crisóstomo Ibarra, a reform-minded mestizo who tried to establish a modern school in his hometown of San Diego and marry his childhood sweetheart, was falsely accused of rebellion and presumed dead after a shootout following his escape from prison.
Clearly demonstrating Rizal’s growth as a writer, and influenced by his exposure to international events, El Filibusterismo is a thrilling and suspenseful account of Filipino resistance to colonial rule that still resonates today.
El Filibusterismo (The Subversive) is the second novel by José Rizal (1861–1896), national hero of the Philippines. Like its predecessor, the better-known Noli Me Tangere, the Fili was written...
An Incendiary Novel That Brings To Light The Long-Drawn-Out Indignities Suffered By Ordinary Filipinos At The Hands Of The Spanish Friars And Statesmen In 19Th Century Philippines.
Inspired by what the word filibustero connoted in relation to the circumstances obtaining in his time, and his spirits dampened by the tragic execution of the three martyred priests, Rizal aptly titled the second part of the Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo.
