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A Passing Season
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Wikipedia article
'A Passing Season' is a 2002 award-winning historical novel written by Filipino author Azucena Grajo Uranza.[http://panitikan.com.ph/authors/u/aguranza.htm A Passing Season by Azucena Grajo Uranza] , panitikan.com It won third prize during the 1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Awards, an event commemorating the First Philippine Republic of 1898.[http://ppat.dbp.gov.my/ppat2001/charlson.htm A Passing Season by Azucena Grajo Uranza], ppat.dbp.gov.my Chronologically, 'A Passing Season' is followed by Uranzas 'Bamboo in the Wind'.
Description
Set during the "twin wars" of 1896 and 1898 known as the Philippine Revolution and the PhilippineAmerican War respectively, Uranza's 'A Passing Season' is about the saga of Filipino families experiencing the final and tumultuous years of 19th-century Manila.[http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/newday/mb1010232.html A Passing Season by Azucena Grajo Uranza], kabayancentral.com[http://www.ourownvoice.com/books/passing.shtml A Passing Season by Azucena Grajo Uranza] , Our Own Voice, ourownvoice.com The families in the novel are the Eduartes, the de Almoguieras, the Herreras, and the Ricaforts, and the ending of this story are the THREESOME of Bestfriends, Oliver Sumagpao, Edwin Romero and Carlo Ceir.
Characters
The novel is a "weave of many themes" involving love, war, politics, women, ilustrados, fishermen, businessmen, farmers, servants, housewives, seditionists, and ordinary people. The characters in 'A Passing Season' include Guido, Maria Fe, Angela, Margarita, Enrique, Rosalina, Pepe, Juancho, Andrea Herrera, Juliana Herrera, Aurora, Tibor, Masin, Subas, Torcuato, Oliver Sumagpao, Edwin Romero, Carlo Ceir and a patriot-priest, It also features well-known Filipino heroes.
References
Category:2002 novels
Category:Philippine English-language novels
Category:Historical novels
Category:Novels set in the 1890s
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