RESPONDE (Literantado’s Book Review)

Nahahati sa 12 na istorya ang Responde, nilalaman nito ang mga sumusunod at ma-igsing deskripsiyon bawat istorya :

1. Drug War : Mala-erotika sa panulat, istorya ng dalawang lovers na adik.

2. ASIN LIVE! : Napakinggan mo na ba ang ASIN? “Bago sila, wala ako. Nasaan ako, kasama mo.” - Iwa

3. Larawan : Taong mundo ang nag-sulat nito. May matutuklasan kang bagong “Urban Legend” tungkol sa mga nawawalang litrato, kaya mag-ingat na at bumasa.

4. Dangal : Guide para wumasak ng Dangal, isang paraan na mababasa sa Responde.

5. Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok matapos ang mahaba-habang paglalakbay. – Nagwagi ng ikalawang gantimpala sa Gawad Palanca (2000); isina-libro at isina-pelikula sa titolong Mondomanila. Ang gumanap na pangunahing aktor sa Mondomanila (2004) film si Marvin Agustin.

6. Dugyot : Istorya ng BASAG na buyer at runner. (maaari ninyo itong mabasa sa blog-site ni Iwa: http://absurdrepublic.blogspot.com/2005/08/dugyot.html)

7. Imat : Kuwento ito ng nilapastang Sisa.

8. Kahon : Nagwagi ang kuwentong ito ng unang gantimpala sa Amado Hernandez National Award for Literature (1999).

9. Mga Bagay na Wala Kami : Kuwento ng pamilyang dumanas ng TRAHEDYA.

10. Pulutan : Kuwento ni Doro, the man’s bestfriend/bestfood (see People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)).

11. Tony Love Floren : Bumaliktad at nagbago ang buhay ng isa’t-isa. Tony and Floren story.

12. Trip Kong Lumipad : Love story, with “happy ending”. Dalawang magka-vibes na lalake’t babae nagtagpo sa isang remote State University na tumatanggap ng kakaibang enrollees.

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Norman Wilwayco’s first novel and winner of the Palanca Award, Kung Paano Ko Inayos ang Buhok Ko Matapos ang Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay, began as a short fiction of the same title, which was included in the Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento 1998 and also awarded the Palanca for the short story. In the novel, place was used to establish time—or man’s remoteness to memory. Tony De Guzman went to Baguio in the beginning of the narrative in order to establish perspective in his narration. After all, it is the sense of story that sets order in the most complicated lives. In the end, Tony would also leave Baguio to live in Quezon and then go to Banahaw so that he could find other views, both literally and figuratively. Similar to what Rilke asks of us in one of his poems, Tony understood that he must change his life; and it was a total change, for, as readers, we no longer had access to that life. more >>