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'Gagamba' (meaning spider), subtitled 'The Spider Man', is a novel by award-winning and most widely translated[[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1521337.Gagamba_the_Spider_Man Gagamba the Spider Man by F. Sionil Jos], goodreads.com][[http://www.nationalbookstore.com/shop/products.asp?merchant_code=NBS&categ=95&product=15507 Gagamba: The Spider Man by F. Sionil Jos] , nationalbookstore.com] Filipino author F. Sionil Jos. The novel is about a Filipino male cripple nicknamed Gagamba, a vendor of sweepstakes tickets in Ermita, Manila. After being buried in the wreckage, the seller survives an earthquake, together with two other fortunate characters, that occurred in the Philippines in the middle of July 1990.[[http://www.palhbooks.com/books3.htm Jose, F. Sionil. Gagamba The Spiderman], palhbooks.com] The novel simultaneously raised a fundamental question about the meaning of life and offers one rational answer.[
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Description
The whole day, the cripple Gagamba whose real name is Tranquilino Penoy sells sweepstakes at the entrance to the Ermita restaurant called Camarin. The eating-place became well-known because it was frequented by the so-called beautiful people that Gagamba sees daily. The beautiful people includes the big men who are politicians, journalists, generals, landlords, and handsome call-girls. During an earthquake that hit the Philippines in July 1990 ,all the dining beautiful people at the Camarin were killed and entombed. The only survivors from the Camarin were Gagamba and two other persons.[
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