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      State of War

      by Ninotchka Rosca
      Published
      Jun 1988
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      382
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      An endless festival amidst an endless war is the central image of this novel of the Philippines of the time of Marcos. Three young people seek relief from the suffocating repression and brutality of the Dictatorship by joining an ancient festival in the island of K----. They find instead that the war has followed them and that the festival is but a metaphor for an entire society and culture in conflict. The three find distinct destinies of death, liberation, affirmation and ultimately, salvation. This book is now considered a classic of Philippine literature.

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      Jun 1990 Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9780671686697 ISBN10 0671686690
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      Dec 2013 Createspace ISBN13 9781494442224 ISBN10 1494442221
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      First Edition Jun 1988 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393025446 ISBN10 0393025446
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      Dec 2013 Villarica Press ISBN10 B00HCTWD6G
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