#and his description of the pre-colonial barangay/balangay is wrong
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"My father said it looked very sad: a stairway in a field of ruin, going up to nowhere."
- The Woman Who Had Two Navels by NIck Joaquin
#literature#ph lit#philippine literature#philippine gothic#gothic literature#nick joaquin#the woman who had two navels#gotta be honest I haven't actually finished this book and probably won't for a long time#and I'm starting my series on nick joaquin with an underwhelming quote from the rest of the book#the one on the compilation I had was an incomplete story and I initially thought that it was an underwhelming#looking up the rest of the book and I'm still not into the actual story but maybe I will finish it ONE DAY but not now#also I have to say#after being made to read one of his essays from the 60s as a requirement in philippine literature class#I have decided that I've found THE dead guy I'm beefing with in academia#They should ban from making students read that essay 'caus oh my god people WILL think he's right 'cause I know most people would just agre#like NO you cannot just use the sari-sari store as an example of filipino inferiority complex#that is NOT the point of the sari-sari store#and his description of the pre-colonial barangay/balangay is wrong#and not to mention how he described literature both from colonial and indigenous people as if they did not had any epics and oral tradition#like I get it you were not forced to read the Ibong Adarna nor Florante at Laura in highschool nor have you heard of Lam-Ang or any Hudhud#okay I'm done for now#marge's stuff#rant in the tags
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