Local cover image
Local cover image

The bamboo dancers / N.V.M. Gonzalez

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Filipino literary classicsPublisher: Makati City : Bookmark, [1993]Description: 358 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9715690572
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 899.2103
Awards:
  • Winner of the Republic Cultural Heritage Award 1960 for literature.
Summary: The hero of the novel, a sculptor in America on a fellowship grant, experiences the American culture quite differently from his brother, a physician on a fellowship in California. Both return to the Philippines, the doctor with the accoutrements of the Western civilization in more ways than one, but the sculptor on a roundabout trip takes back with him what he learns from eventful visits to Tokyo, Hiroshima and Taipeh.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Book Book Main Library Filipiniana Section Filipiniana F 899.2103 G643b 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 2 Available 99475d
Book Book Main Library Filipiniana Section Filipiniana F 899.2103 G643b 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 24743d
Browsing Main Library shelves, Shelving location: Filipiniana Section, Collection: Filipiniana Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
F 899.2103 G216j 2001 Jacobo's ghost F 899.2103 G216l 2012 Ang lihim ng San Esteban F 899.2103 G477f 2012 The fire beneath : tales of gold F 899.2103 G643b 1993 The bamboo dancers F 899.2103 G643b 1993 The bamboo dancers F 899.2103 G643m 1989 Mindoro and beyond F 899.2103 G643m 2008 Mindoro and beyond : twenty-one stories

The hero of the novel, a sculptor in America on a fellowship grant, experiences the American culture quite differently from his brother, a physician on a fellowship in California. Both return to the Philippines, the doctor with the accoutrements of the Western civilization in more ways than one, but the sculptor on a roundabout trip takes back with him what he learns from eventful visits to Tokyo, Hiroshima and Taipeh.

Winner of the Republic Cultural Heritage Award 1960 for literature.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer

Local cover image