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Dogeaters. Dogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. [1] Dogeaters, set in the late 1950s in Manila (the capital of the Philippines), addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.
Mar 11, 2020 · So I wrote down “dogeaters,” because the word haunted me; it burned a hole in my brain. And when it came time to really make a decision, I had a long talk with some friends—these were ...
Dogeaters was a joy to read the first time, but rereading it today made me realize Jessica Hagedorn is the divine mother goddess of novelists.” —Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street “Dogeaters is a fine achievement on a very serious scale . . . This is the definitive novel of the encounter between the Philippines and ...
- Jessica Hagedorn
- Paperback
Aug 6, 2013 · About the author (2013) Jessica Hagedorn is the author of Toxicology, Dream Jungle, The Gangster of Love, and Dogeaters, which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction. She is also the author of Danger and Beauty, a collection of poetry and prose, and the editor of Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology ...
- Jessica Hagedorn
- Open Road Media, 2013
- 1480440205, 9781480440203
- Dogeaters: A Novel
Dogeaters. Welcome to Manila in the turbulent period of the Philippines’ late dictator. It is a world in which American pop culture and local Filipino tradition mix flamboyantly, and gossip, storytelling, and extravagant behavior thrive. A wildly disparate group of characters—including movie stars and waiters, a young junkie and the richest ...
- reprint
- Jessica Hagedorn
- Penguin Publishing Group, 1990
The author (b. 1957) wrote a half dozen novels and plays, most focused on Filipino culture like this one, but it appears she stopped publishing after 2011. Dogeaters is her most widely-read novel and it won some awards and was also made into a play. Born in Manila, she moved to the US as a teenager and became an American citizen.
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Dogeaters: A Play about the Philippines. Dogeaters. : Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn. Theatre Communications Grou, 2003 - Drama - 121 pages. Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force.
