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‡Bidasari(1980)
A rendition of a Maranao legend she discovered while on a research grant at
the University of the Philippines
 Nobody Gathers Seashells and Gun Shells Anymore(1981)
This books characters and settings are based on the historical island of
Corregidor.
‡ The Drumbeater and Other Stories(1982)
‡ Genesis of the Poison Tree(1992)
Revolves around seprate but related stories of four women who have been
friends since high school.
‡ The Hazards of Memory(1992)
A saga of the triumphs and tribulations of a Pinoy exile in the US.
‡ Ekklesiastika and Other Stories(1995)
‡ House of Jacob(2000)
It explores the peasant-landlord relationship in Central Luzon.
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Nobody Gathers Seashells and Gun Shells Anymore

The island town in the book is Corregidor, the island on which DaRoy was born.
Racism on Americans was presented but remained as part of the setting.
Manay: A Little Girl Lost
About two sisters who have not met for almost ten years only to find out by the
younger one that her sister have Alzheimer¶s Disease.
Unique writing style.
Very different from other writers.
Very specific on descriptions.
Gives a first impression that the story is about ghosts.
Corregidor Island Revisited: Erstwhile Hometown Before It was Wiped Off the Map
An essay about how the author had lived before they(she and her family) were told to
evacuate Corregidor in the year 1941 because of the ongoing WWII.
Reading it made me visualize how their barrio was.
The lucid descriptions are enjoyable.
It was educational. It have stated some happening in the WWII.
  

  




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