Dogeaters
Author | : Jessica Hagedorn |
Publisher | : Theatre Communications Group |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2015-04-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781559368254 |
ISBN-13 | : 155936825X |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at racism in the U.S. and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging." Jessica Hagedorn is a performance artist, poet, novelist and playwright, born and raised in the Philippines. Her novels include Dogeaters (Penguin 1990) which was nominated for a National Book Award and The Gangster of Love (Penguin 1996); a short story collection, Danger and Beauty (City Lights 2002).