Assembling Alice

Name: Assembling Alice
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9789814954105
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By Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta

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In Assembling Alice by Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta, the narrative follows Alice as she navigates the complexities of identity amidst turbulent historical and military backdrops. The book intertwines personal experiences with broader socio-political themes, providing an introspective look at the interplay between self-discovery and the forces of history.
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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by historical narratives intricately woven with personal stories. Its blend of history and military themes explores the complexities of identity and the human experience, offering a profound look into past events and their lasting impacts.

Assembling Alice

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A young female journalist in pre-war Manila joins a secret resistance movement against the Japanese. When the war breaks out, she stands to lose everything.

Before and after the Battle of Manila, a Japanese spy and an American soldier have one thing in common—they both fall in love with Alice Feria, a pianist who would later become one of the first women journalists in the Philippines. Both would prove to be instrumental to her survival during the Japanese occupation and the liberation of Manila.

Assembling Alice is a portrait of a woman as much as it is a portrait of the times she lived in. She came of age during the commonwealth period, survived both the occupation and the war, and did not write of her experiences as much as she spoke of them to those in her inner circle. Her experiences were sublimated into editorials she wrote for a small magazine called The Filipino Home Companion where she wrote of nation-building and what it meant or should mean to be a Filipino after the Second World War.

Inside these pages are the stories she told, and have been told about her.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789814954105

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 November 2021

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 240

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History & Military Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Mookie KATIGBAK-LACUESTA is the author of four poetry collections- The Proxy Eros (2008), Burning Houses (2013), Hush Harbor (2017), and Eros Redux (2019). She obtained an MFA from the New School University in 2004, and has since taught in major universities in Manila. Katigbak-Lacuesta has also co-edited various literary Filipino poetry anthologies for the Cordite Poetry Review and Vagabond Press. In 2019, she co-edited The Achieve Of, The Mastery, a survey of contemporary Philippine Poetry in English, with Dr. Gemino Abad. Widely-awarded for her work in the Philippines, Katigbak-Lacuesta has also been the Filipino delegate to international literary festivals in Rotterdam, Medellin, San Francisco, Macau, and Kuala Lumpur. In 2015, she completed a writing residency for the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.