Summary
A chronicle of the decline and fall of a powerful family that’s ruled by greed and destiny.
Set in a fictional province in the Philippines, the novel tells the story of the Arguelleses, the Visbales, and the Monsantillos—and their eventual downfall. The three families are members of powerful, wealthy haciendero clans that have long stood uncontested by those in their midst. But beneath the gleam and glitter of their lives lie age-old secrets that speak of deceit, greed, and corruption…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789815058901 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9815058908 |
| Author: | Maryanne Moll |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 222 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 137mm x 215mm |
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Maryanne Moll
Maryanne Moll is the author of three books:
- Awakenings (2001) - A collection of essays.
- Little Freedoms (2003) - A collection of essays.
- Married Women (2014) - A short story collection, a finalist for the Cirilo F. Bautista Prize for Best Book of Short Fiction in English.
Her short story, ‘At Merienda,’ won Third Prize in the 2005 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Her other short stories have been featured in anthologies such as Philippine Speculative Fiction IV, Philippine Genre Stories: Special Crime Edition, and Anomalous 30.
Moll was a fellow for the National Writer’s Workshops at the University of Santo Tomas (2002), Dumaguete (2021), and the University of the Philippines (2021).
Her journalism career included roles as a reporter and columnist for Bikol Daily, and she also worked as a disk jockey and newscaster for an FM radio station in Naga City, Camarines Sur. She has created and managed publications for the Philippine National Police and served as a Publications Specialist for a government-owned-and-controlled corporation for over ten years.
She holds units towards a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines Diliman and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Major in Literary Theory, at UP Diliman, where she is working on her thesis.
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