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Jan 1, 2008 · Ilustrado. Miguel Syjuco. 3.36. 2,627 ratings340 reviews. It begins with a body. On a clear day in winter, the battered corpse of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River—taken from the world is the controversial lion of Philippine literature.
Ilustrado is a 2008 experimental novel by Filipino author Miguel Syjuco. Its protagonist—also a Filipino author named Miguel Syjuco—is investigating the suspicious death of his mentor, Crispin Salvador, whose final, unpublished work was an exposé of rampant political corruption in the Philippines.
Written by Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado is an eye-addicting novel that won the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize and the Philippines’ highest literary honor, the Palanca Award. Narrated in an almost schizophrenic point of view, switching between voices, ...
Oct 28, 2011 · Syjuco, Miguel, 1976-. Publication date. 2010. Topics. Authors, Filipino, Murder. Publisher. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Jun 11, 2010 · His researcher and acolyte, Miguel Syjuco, is determined to discover the cause of Salvador’s death — suicide or murder? — and find the manuscript of a book Salvador had been working on for ...
Apr 30, 2010 · In the shifting terrain of this remarkably ambitious and daring first novel, Miguel Syjuco explores fatherhood, regret, revolution, and the mysteries of lives lived and...
His student, Miguel, investigates, journeying home from a city still in shock from terrorist attacks to a country caught between reckless decay and desperate progress. To understand his...
