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Eye of the Fish: A Personal
Archipelago By Luis H. Francia Book Description . About the Author . Excerpt . Reviews . Events . Buy Books Now |
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Eye of the Fish is a deft, luminously intelligent examination
of the Philippines through a glass darkly. Cross-cutting
between Francia's
recollections of the Philippines of his youth and accounts of
his travels
through the archipelago over the past two decades, Eye of
the Fish
paints a vivid and detailed portrait of the terror, beauty,
and insistent
humanity of the Philippines today. Gifted with a sharp eye for the incongruous, a keen taste
for the ironic,
and a deft feel for the tragic, Luis H. Francia writes about
the Philippines
like a man possessed by ghosts he can neither tame nor fully recognize.
Haunted by childhood memories of a post-war Manila, Francia in turn has
been haunting the land of his birth. He has visited the
centers and peripheries
of everyday lives, recounting encounters with victims and victimizers,
retelling the rumors and truths that surround and inflect the
most tumultuous
events in the nation's recent history. This book is the perfect antidote to the "parachute journalism" that's
being written about the Philippines. A poet and journalist
himself, Francia
not only takes the reader through a panoramic journey of the
archipelago,
from stormy Batanes to war-torn Jolo, but also through dazzling layers
of personal memory and history, revealing the beauty and
violence of the
country as only a native son can, with both compassion and a critical
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