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Finalities: A Novelette and Five Short Stories
132 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1982
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Edilberto K. Tiempo
19 books12 followersFiction-writer and literary critic Edilberto Tiempo (1913-Sept. 1996) obtained his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver. In addition to having been a Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellow, Ed Tiempo, alongside wife Edith L. Tiempo, spent around four years studying literature and creative writing in the Iowa Writers Workshop. Upon returning to the Philippines in 1962, the Tiempos founded the Silliman National Writers Workshop after the objectives of the Iowa writers' clinic. The annual writing workshop in Dumaguete City is the longest running in Asia.
In the 1960s he taught in two American schools, but it was the Silliman University which Tiempo chose as his base, serving as department chair, graduate school dean, vice-president for academic affairs, and writer-in-residence. He reaped numerous honors for his writing, among them the Cultural Center of the Philippines Prize, Palanca Awards, the National Book Award, and a prize in the U.P. Golden Anniversary Literary Contest.
(from panitikan.com.ph)
In the 1960s he taught in two American schools, but it was the Silliman University which Tiempo chose as his base, serving as department chair, graduate school dean, vice-president for academic affairs, and writer-in-residence. He reaped numerous honors for his writing, among them the Cultural Center of the Philippines Prize, Palanca Awards, the National Book Award, and a prize in the U.P. Golden Anniversary Literary Contest.
(from panitikan.com.ph)
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December 11, 2011
Finalities. A book written by Edilberto Tiempo that is composed of a novelette and 5 short stories, the book was publish in the early the 80's, this maybe the oldest book in the shelf, it has its binding still intact but all the pages are all pale yellow because of its dire old age. This the last EK Tiempo book on my shelf, and this the 4th book I have read from him and I have introduced him a couple of times and regarded him with his wife Edith Tiempo as pillar of Philippine Literature and all stuffs and so on, so this time no more long detailed introduction. Now, and lets get into it.
The book contains a novelette entitled Goodbye, Barbie. I have read this novelette few months and to tell the truth, I can't remember a thing! The only thing I remember from the story is this is about a friendship of two childhood friends and one migrated to the US and she came back and reconnect with her old friend and realize they didn't know each other anymore and things have change. I really don't like the story, maybe that's the reason didn't remember the detailed things that happened. 2 Stars for this novelette.
There are 5 stories in this book but I will only review 3 on them, since I didn't like the remaining 2. "Crack Wall" is part of Tiempo's novel
Review coming soon.. haha
The book contains a novelette entitled Goodbye, Barbie. I have read this novelette few months and to tell the truth, I can't remember a thing! The only thing I remember from the story is this is about a friendship of two childhood friends and one migrated to the US and she came back and reconnect with her old friend and realize they didn't know each other anymore and things have change. I really don't like the story, maybe that's the reason didn't remember the detailed things that happened. 2 Stars for this novelette.
There are 5 stories in this book but I will only review 3 on them, since I didn't like the remaining 2. "Crack Wall" is part of Tiempo's novel
Review coming soon.. haha
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