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The True and the Plain: A Collection of Personal Essays

The True and the Plain : a collection of personal essays

Penned By Kerima Polotan
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The True and the Plain: A Collection of Personal Essays

The True and the Plain : a collection of personal essays

Penned By Kerima Polotan
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These vintage essays, never before compiled in book form, complete the UP Press' series of Kerima Polotan's works. Ranging from the very personal recollection, "Many Things in a Life," to the astute commentary of "The Happy Hoi Polloi," they live up to the promise of the book's title. Here is life seen steadily, and described clearly and cleanly. Characterized by her trademark wit, irony, and incisiveness, delivered in her flawless style, it deserves to stand beside the award-winning novel, the short story collection, and the two essay collections, as proof of one of the highest points of Philippine literature in English.

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Length 97 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint The University of the Philippines Press
Released 2005
Identifier (ISBN) 1827413
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Kerima Polotan is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Kerima Polotan can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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