Somebody in the Filipino Readers Group in FB asked about books regarding the Philippines (and the Filipino) by foreign authors. Here's what I can share so far:
FICTION
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The Tesseract by Alex Garland
Moondogs by Alexander Yates
Trash by Andy Mulligan
The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd
Other Stephenson book contain a Filipino character (Snow Crash) for a minor role same as in Joe Haldeman's Camouflage. The Filipino's character ranges from simple cameo (Gaiman's The Graveyard Book) to major role (Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers)
NON FICTION
Impossible Dream by Sandra Burton
Hey, Joe by Ted Lerner
Pac Man by Gary Andrew Poole
Pacific Rims by Rafe Bartholomew
In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham
Waltzing with a Dictator by Raymond Bonner
Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines by Katherine Ellison
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
If you want to know more about the People Power of 1986, I recommend Sandra Burton's book. Melchor Hall's Engineering Library used to have the hardbound edition of this book on their shelf, and I enjoyed reading and rereading it in between exam study breaks.
Non Fiction books are mostly based on historical periods and cultural phenomena like EDSA 1, World War II, basketball, and of course, the PacMan. Books about the Marcoses are numerous so I have to pick the two most significant books here. Johnnie Johnson's travelogue A Virgin in the Philippines (see the double entendre?) is also similar to Ted Lerner's Hey, Joe.
all book covers belonged to their copyright owners
FICTION
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The Tesseract by Alex Garland
Moondogs by Alexander Yates
Trash by Andy Mulligan
The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd
Other Stephenson book contain a Filipino character (Snow Crash) for a minor role same as in Joe Haldeman's Camouflage. The Filipino's character ranges from simple cameo (Gaiman's The Graveyard Book) to major role (Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers)
NON FICTION
Impossible Dream by Sandra Burton
Hey, Joe by Ted Lerner
Pac Man by Gary Andrew Poole
Pacific Rims by Rafe Bartholomew
In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham
Waltzing with a Dictator by Raymond Bonner
Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines by Katherine Ellison
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
If you want to know more about the People Power of 1986, I recommend Sandra Burton's book. Melchor Hall's Engineering Library used to have the hardbound edition of this book on their shelf, and I enjoyed reading and rereading it in between exam study breaks.
Non Fiction books are mostly based on historical periods and cultural phenomena like EDSA 1, World War II, basketball, and of course, the PacMan. Books about the Marcoses are numerous so I have to pick the two most significant books here. Johnnie Johnson's travelogue A Virgin in the Philippines (see the double entendre?) is also similar to Ted Lerner's Hey, Joe.
all book covers belonged to their copyright owners
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