5 Best F. Sionil Jose Books That You Must Read
List of 5 best books written by F. Sionil. Francisco Sionil José is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language. Check out the book list.
1. Dusk: A Novel
Set in the 1880s, Dusk records the exile of a tenant family from its village and the new life it attempts to make in the small town of Rosales. Here commences the epic tale of a family unwillingly thrown into the turmoil of history.
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2. Three Filipino Women: Novellas
Three novellas–including Obsession, Platinum, and Cadena de Amor–examine the Philippine experience through the lives of three female characters, a prostitute, a student activist, and a politician.
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3. Ermita
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4. The Samsons
With these two passionate, vividly realistic novels, The Pretenders and Mass,
F. Sionil José concludes his epochal Rosales Saga. The five volumes span much of the turbulent modern history of the Philippines, a beautiful and embattled nation once occupied by the Spanish, overrun by the Japanese, and dominated by the United States.
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5. Sins
In this slim, powerful novel, F. Sionil Jose, one of the leading literary voices of Asia and the Pacific, tells all. Don Carlos Cobello, a worldly man, has been a diplomat, entrepreneur, gourmand, and sinner. Like other memoirists, he reveals more than he intends.
