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Dekada ‘70 is a political novel that follows the life of a filipino family during the time of Marcos’ Martial Law. We also follow Amanda Bartolome’s journey to her social and political awakening as a mother, wife, woman and a filipino.
Dekada '70 (lit. ' The '70s ') is a Filipino novel by Lualhati Bautista. It tells the story of a middle-class family in Manila living through martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. The novel was awarded the 1983 Palanca Award Grand Prize. Translations. An English-language translation by Clarisse de Jesus was self-published by Bautista.
Feb 19, 2022 · Dekada ’70 was one of the two grand prize winners of the novel for the Palanca Awards (1983). It was adapted into a movie in 2003 with Vilma Santos in the title role of Amanda Bartolome and can be streamed via YouTube.
Mar 24, 2023 · First published in 1983, Dekada ‘70 tells the story of Amanda Bartolome, a middle-aged woman in Manila, and her middle-class family as they live during the period of Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in the 1970s.
Dekada '70. A NOVEL WRITTEN BY LUALHATI BAUTISTA. Characters. Amanda Bartolome. A wife to Julian and a mother to five sons; Jules, Gani, Em, Jason, and Bingo; she is a woman whose life revolves around her family. Julian Bartolome, Sr. Julian is the loving husband of Amanda and a kind father and a role model to his sons. Julian Bartolome, Jr.
Lualhati Torres Bautista (December 2, 1945 – February 12, 2023) was a Filipina writer, novelist, liberal activist and political critic. Lualhati Bautista’s Dekada ’70 follows the narrative of a middle-class family–the Bartolome family–as they live under the precarious milieu caused by President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ Martial Law.
Sep 21, 2017 · In this novel set in 1970s Manila, a character befriends progressive youth, and becomes radicalized himself; he joins the underground movement, and is later arrested, imprisoned, tortured. Authorities barge into homes, searching for subversive materials, leaving the rooms in disarray.
Books. Dekada '70: ang orihinal at kimpletong edisyon. Lualhati Bautista. Carmelo & Bauermann Print. Corporation, 1988 - Historical fiction, Philippine - 228 pages.
Feb 4, 2022 · The award-winning “Dekada ’70” is a Filipino-written fiction novel published in 1983. It centers on a middle-class family trapped in the midst of one of the darkest periods in the Philippine history, the 1970s when the late dictator and president Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in the Philippines.
Jan 29, 2022 · Apart from the classics such as the epic “Ibong Adarna” and Dr. Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tángere” and “El Filibusterismo” novels, local modern and contemporary books also became part of Filipino students’ life, and among those Lualhati Bautista’s “Dekada ‘70.” This time, the novel set in the tumultuous decade of ...
