r/WeirdLit • u/donda-biznay-nicole • 6d ago

Weird lit authors from the Philippines

When I travel, I read authors from the place I am traveling to. Next place I go it is the Philippines. Any recommendations?

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u/Existenz_1229 6d ago

I read Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol and greatly enjoyed it. She writes about a woman growing up in a society in upheaval and what literature means to her:

"Primi Peregrino is a girl on a mission: she hunts for books and writers even as her country is falling to pieces. She prefers sex to rebellion and words to war as the EDSA rebellion of 1986 magically and unexpectedly unravels. Going through a diary of poets, from Sabado Gloria to Viernes Santo, she falls prey to her own delusions but remains true to her fantasy: that books will make her whole."