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Dogeaters - Contemporary American Fiction Author: Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at raci... more »
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Kristine S. (NHBookLover) reviewed Dogeaters (Contemporary American Fiction) on + 264 more book reviews
I liked this one. Takes place in the Philipines in the early 50's. A huge cast of characters, told from the view of Rio, a young girl growing up then. She has been brought to America and is looking back on her childhood. Assassinations, dictators, pimps, junkies, beauty queens. This book has it all.
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- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Asian American >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Asian American >> Hagedorn, Jessica
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary