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Oldtimer and Other Stories

Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr.

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Description:Oldtimer and Other Stories, the author's first book, is seeing print again for the first time since the first edition was published by Asphodel Books in 1984. It contains ten stories described by Dalisay as "the stories of my first thirty years...of my first lifetime." The stories vary in their styles and concerns, from the friendship of two men in New York just after the war to the plight of an Army doctor ministering to a teenage insurgent and the heady charm of a kept woman living next door. "No two stories in the collection are alike: that's Dalisay's feeling for form operating," observed Francisco Arcellana in his introduction to the first edition. "In the work of Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., material is the given. The rest is his feeling for form."Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. has published ten books of fiction, drama, and non-fiction. He teaches English and creative writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he also chairs the Department of English and Comparative Literature. He has won Palanca, CCP, TOYM, and National Book Awards for his writing, and has been a Fullbright, Hawthornden, British Council, and David TK Wong fellow.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Oldtimer and Other Stories. To get started finding Oldtimer and Other Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 129

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The University of the Philippines Press

Release: 2002

ISBN: 9715423612

Description: Oldtimer and Other Stories, the author's first book, is seeing print again for the first time since the first edition was published by Asphodel Books in 1984. It contains ten stories described by Dalisay as "the stories of my first thirty years...of my first lifetime." The stories vary in their styles and concerns, from the friendship of two men in New York just after the war to the plight of an Army doctor ministering to a teenage insurgent and the heady charm of a kept woman living next door. "No two stories in the collection are alike: that's Dalisay's feeling for form operating," observed Francisco Arcellana in his introduction to the first edition. "In the work of Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., material is the given. The rest is his feeling for form."Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. has published ten books of fiction, drama, and non-fiction. He teaches English and creative writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he also chairs the Department of English and Comparative Literature. He has won Palanca, CCP, TOYM, and National Book Awards for his writing, and has been a Fullbright, Hawthornden, British Council, and David TK Wong fellow.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Oldtimer and Other Stories. To get started finding Oldtimer and Other Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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