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The activist / Antonio Enriquez.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manila : University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2011.Description: 249 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789715065788
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 686.5
Summary: Antonio Enriquez transports us to the Philippine capital city of Zamboanga in the grip of a military dictatorship and assassination, where protagonist Lorenz Ditz, Jr., a rising socialist, dares to challenge the despot Ferdinand Marcos. In search for truth and freedom, he was imprisoned several times in notorious military stockades unsure if the sun would shine in his face or on his abandoned corpse in the "killing fields" the next day. As we follow Lorenz's struggle against the dictator Marcos, we too discover a nation in terror. As a historical novel, its peculiar gift is that it doesn't read like one but as a suspenseful mystery novel, keeping us well-entertained, our eyeballs glued to its pages, but unlike a detective novel unscrambling the oppression and horror of Martial Law.
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Filipiniana Filipiniana HRVVMC Library DS 686.5 E57 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available
Filipiniana Filipiniana HRVVMC Library DS 686.5 E57 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Antonio Enriquez transports us to the Philippine capital city of Zamboanga in the grip of a military dictatorship and assassination, where protagonist Lorenz Ditz, Jr., a rising socialist, dares to challenge the despot Ferdinand Marcos. In search for truth and freedom, he was imprisoned several times in notorious military stockades unsure if the sun would shine in his face or on his abandoned corpse in the "killing fields" the next day. As we follow Lorenz's struggle against the dictator Marcos, we too discover a nation in terror. As a historical novel, its peculiar gift is that it doesn't read like one but as a suspenseful mystery novel, keeping us well-entertained, our eyeballs glued to its pages, but unlike a detective novel unscrambling the oppression and horror of Martial Law.

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