{"product_id":"9781037409271-ilustrado","title":"Ilustrado","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003c\/b\u003et begins with a body. On a clear day in winter, the battered corpse of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River – taken from the world is the controversial lion of Philippine literature. Missing, too, is the only manuscript of his final book, meant to rescue him from obscurity by exposing the corrupt roots of power behind the Filipino ruling families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis student, Miguel, is suspicious of the suicide verdict. He investigates: first sifting through the dead man’s work for clues, then journeying from New York to Manila, seeking out family, colleagues and anyone who might hold pieces of the puzzle. He scours Salvador's poetry, stories, interviews, novels and memoirs, and patterns emerge from these literary fragments: a generations-long saga of revolution, familial duty, political intrigue and a people’s enduring struggle against their own worst tendencies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eMiguel Syjuco is his country’s most original and unflinching literary voice\u003c\/b\u003e’\u003cb\u003e – Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eWith\u003ci\u003e Ilustrado,\u003c\/i\u003e Miguel Syjuco obliges us to remake the canons of our great classics of contemporary literature. \u003ci\u003eIlustrado \u003c\/i\u003eis, literally, a masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e’\u003cb\u003e – Alberto Manguel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56849143202166,"sku":"9781037409271","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781037409271-ilustrado","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}