Fortunately for us, Exploding Galaxies has just reissued Ty-Casper's 'The Three-Cornered Sun,' which was first published by New Day in 1979. The new edition has a preface from the writer and a foreword by the historian and columnist Manuel L. Quezon III.Ty-Casper's 'The Three-Cornered Sun' tells the story of the Philippines on the brink of revolution against Spain in 1896.
follows the Viardo family and those ensnared in their orbit. These characters present a diverse set of motives and perspectives about the revolution. When put together, they create a detailed picture of the Filipino in a time of crisis. Less about crafting the authoritative narrative of the revolution itself, the novel is an attempt to uncover what it means to be a Filipino in a time of conflict and how we are ultimately transformed by it.