Philippines – The Modern Novel

Alfredo Navarro Salanga: The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez

11 August 2018 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Alfredo Navarro Salanga‘s The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez This short novel from the Philippines tells the story not so much of Hannibal Valdez but of his grandfather, Leon. Leon’s daughter-in-law, daughter of one of his tenants, is about to give birth to a child. Leon is sure that … Read more

Saud Alsanousi: لبامبو (The Bamboo Stalk)

30 December 2016 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Saud Alsanousi‘s لبامبو (The Bamboo Stalk), the first Kuwaiti novel on my website. It tells the story of José/Isa, son of a Filpina woman and a Kuwaiti man. Josephine, José’s mother, goes to Kuwait to work, to escape her difficult father, traumatised after his involvement in the Vietnam … Read more