The exploding galaxies of Linda Ty-Casper

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LINDA Ty-Casper is one of the most underrated but best fiction writers in the Philippines. A resident of the United States, she finished her law degree at UP Diliman and has written short stories and historical novels in the last half century.

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.

 

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