Noli me tangere / by Jose Alonso Rizal ; translated by Leon Ma. Guerer, with a new introduction by David Guerero.
By: Rizal, Jose Alonso.
Contributor(s): Ma. Guerero, Leon | Guerero, David.
Publisher: Mandaluyong CIty : Anvil Publishing, c2020Description: 333 p.ISBN: 9789712735035.Subject(s): Noli me tangere -- Translation into enlishDDC classification: Fil 899.21032 R528 2020 Summary: A cleverly indicting portrayal of the injustices that Filipinos suffered at the hands of Spanish priests and statesmen in 19th century Philippines. Fresh from a European education, the young intellectual Crisostomo Ibarra returns to the town of San Diego to start a school for young boys and marry his childhood Sweetheart, the beautiful Maria Clara. However, he is opposed at every turn by the priests Damaso and Salvi for his subversive ideas. When Ibarra becomes implicated in a fake insurrection and is forced to leave town, he begins to question whether or not his dream of a more progressive Philippines can be achieved through peaceful reforms or bloody revolution. Through Ibarra's struggle to uplift his countrymen, Jose Rizal reveals the sufferings of Filipinos against the oppressive hand of the Spanish regime--which ultimately led to Rizal's execution and the birth of the Philippine nation.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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A cleverly indicting portrayal of the injustices that
Filipinos suffered at the hands of Spanish priests and
statesmen in 19th century Philippines.
Fresh from a European education, the young intellectual
Crisostomo Ibarra returns to the town of San Diego to start a school for young boys and marry his childhood Sweetheart, the beautiful Maria Clara. However, he is opposed at every turn by the priests Damaso and Salvi for his subversive ideas. When Ibarra becomes implicated in a fake insurrection and is forced to leave town, he begins to question whether or not his dream of a more progressive Philippines can be achieved
through peaceful reforms or bloody revolution.
Through Ibarra's struggle to uplift his countrymen, Jose Rizal reveals the sufferings of Filipinos against the oppressive hand of the Spanish regime--which ultimately led to Rizal's execution and the birth of the Philippine nation.
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