[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 9, 2017. The NFFM report can be read in … More
Tag: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Great Booksale finds this year
Booksale is my favorite physical book shop in the Philippines. Specializing in cheap used books (and what seem to me … More
Some Thoughts on the Death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I wrote this reflection for the Philippine Online Chronicles. I was reading the final pages of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Of … More
FARC: Narco-Terrorists or Marxist Revolutionaries?
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known by its Spanish initials FARC (or the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia), … More
Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold
What I found remarkable about Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold is its style. The novella does not … More
Where Does the White Go When the Snow Melts?
Snow is falling but it’s hardly visible because my (Mis)reading’s background is white. I don’t see it melting. The screen … More
