{"product_id":"dusk-paperback-by-f-sionil-jose","title":"Dusk Paperback by F. Sionil José","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eModern Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1998-04-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e352\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780375751448\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e340.2\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.39 x 14.05 x 1.83\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eWith \u003cb\u003eDusk\u003c\/b\u003e (originally published in the Philippines as \u003cb\u003ePo-on\u003c\/b\u003e), F. Sionil Jose begins his five-novel Rosales Saga, which the poet and critic Ricaredo Demetillo called \"the first great Filipino novels written in English.\" Set in the 1880s, \u003cb\u003eDusk\u003c\/b\u003e records the exile of a tenant family from its village and the new life it attempts to make in the small town of Rosales. Here commences the epic tale of a family unwillingly thrown into the turmoil of history. But this is more than a historical novel; it is also the eternal story of man's tortured search for true faith and the larger meaning of existence. Jose has achieved a fiction of extraordinary scope and passion, a book as meaningful to Philippine literature as \u003cb\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/b\u003e is to Latin American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The foremost Filipino novelist in English, his novels deserve a much wider readership than the Philippines can offer.\"--Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tolstoy himself, not to mention Italo Svevo, would envy the author of this story.\"--Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eF. Sionil José\u003c\/b\u003e, a leading literary voice of Asia and the Pacific, has published his novels, stories, and essays around the world. He is also a bookseller, teacher, publisher, and founding president of the Philippines PEN center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552905482401,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375751448","price":26.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375751448.jpg?v=1781719667","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/dusk-paperback-by-f-sionil-jose","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}