The Betrayed

The Betrayed
Reine Arcache Melvin
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Trade Paperback
h210 x 135mm - 464pg
10 Feb 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781787703896
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The Betrayed tells the story of two sisters who love the same man. As dictatorship and political upheaval ravage the Philippines, the sister' s conflicting passions threaten to lead them to betray not only each other, but all that their father stood for. Shy, idealistic Pilar initially resolves to carry on her father' s fight against the regime, while her flamboyant older sister Lali reacts by marrying the enemy - Arturo, the dictator' s godson. Each tries to find their place in this violent world, but can they withstand the corruption of politics and the relentless pull of their own desires? Taking in the Philippines' troubled history from the Marcos dictatorship to the establishment of the present totalitarian regime, and expertly layering the many aspects of the human condition, The Betrayed is a complex and luminous novel.
' [Melvin' s] beautiful, sensual, visceral writing shows us that the past is not really a foreign country, but our own country in an eternal loop. ' - Jessica Zafra, author of Twisted ' Highly readable and enjoyable, it compellingly contains, in its confident tone and language, a powerful mosaic of images, characters, and relationships. ' - Angelo R. Lacuesta
Reine Arcache Melvin is a Filipino-American author whose works focus on the Philippines and the lives of Filipinos both at home and abroad. Arcache Melvin' s short-story collection A Normal Life and Other Stories won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1999. The Betrayed is her first novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781787703896
Published: 10 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Europa Editions (UK)
Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 464

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