Ilustrado
Book description
'A dazzling and virtuosic adventure' Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea
Internationally Bestselling Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008
'With Ilustrado, Miguel Syjuco obliges us to remake the canons of our great classics of contemporary literature. Ilustrado is, literally, a masterpiece' Alberto Manguel
It begins with…
Why read it?
1 author picked Ilustrado as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A multi-level work of genius. On the surface, this book is about someone trying to solve a murder. But Ilustrado is so much more than just your usual murder mystery. The book does more than use Philippine colonial and contemporary history as the backdrop; it weaves this history into the fabric of the narrative itself. As the protagonist uncovers buried facts about his late mentor and as well as his own past, he also discovers just how inseparable Art is from the political intrigue and social violence in which it is birthed. And the twist at the end explodes the…
From Tiffany's list on riddles, wrapped in a mystery, inside an engima.
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