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The Shoemaker's Daughter and Other Stories
A disillusioned superhero. A conservative banker turned voyeur. An ageing pangalay dancer with a third eye. A twelve-year-old shoe designer in a fairy tale. These are some of the quirky characters you will meet in The Shoemaker’s Daughter and Other Stories.
The people in these pages have been pushed to live on the fringes of society due to either their gender, their youth, their disability, their politics, or their social status. They are slightly unhinged, for they grapple with an overwhelming sense of powerlessness in their respective worlds. But like any decent protagonist, each of them attempts to find his or her own voice. This collection of stories has become a safe place for all of them to speak out.
The people in these pages have been pushed to live on the fringes of society due to either their gender, their youth, their disability, their politics, or their social status. They are slightly unhinged, for they grapple with an overwhelming sense of powerlessness in their respective worlds. But like any decent protagonist, each of them attempts to find his or her own voice. This collection of stories has become a safe place for all of them to speak out.
131 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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August 9, 2020
A River's Tale ⭐⭐⭐⭐
DarNAtion ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eye Candy ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Other Woman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Border ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ouchy ⭐⭐⭐
My Mind is like a Desert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Chalk ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Dance ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Shoemaker's Daughter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book reminded me that our culture is uniquely diversed. There is more to the Filipino narrative than what mainstream media depicts (love affairs, DNA tests, amnesia). My personal favorite is "My Mind is like a Desert".
DarNAtion ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eye Candy ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Other Woman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Border ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ouchy ⭐⭐⭐
My Mind is like a Desert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Chalk ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Dance ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Shoemaker's Daughter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book reminded me that our culture is uniquely diversed. There is more to the Filipino narrative than what mainstream media depicts (love affairs, DNA tests, amnesia). My personal favorite is "My Mind is like a Desert".
September 22, 2018
“The Shoemaker’s Daughter” by Sarah Fernando Lumba is a short story collection which consists of 10 brief yet satisfying stories that introduces an original set of scenarios using familiar characters that we have known during both our childhood and adulthood.
The stories in here tackles the value of beauty, the power of our imagination, the youth that we may or may not still possess, and the jealousy of another’s success on the absence of one’s own. In these stories, we may also find our passion, our childhood nightmares, our sexualities, and even a fairy tale retelling. These stories are written in a way that it is accessible to its readers, not necessarily because of its “simple” writing, but because of its original writing style that welcomes its readers into the world which introduces interesting narrators and characters. These stories are written so well that its readers cannot help but be submerged into the characters’ worlds, and these characters are also too human that we, its readers, can see our lives being interchanged with the characters of these short stories.
Overall, this is an amazing short story collection, and some of my favorite short stories in here include: “A River’s Tale”, “DarNAnation”, “Eye Candy”, “The Other Woman”, and “Chalk”.
For readers looking for something short to read during lunch breaks, recess, on a ride home, or even before sleeping, for readers who are pressed for time, and for readers who want to make time for reading but their schedules do not allow them to do so, these short stories are written especially for you.
My actual rating for this short story collection is 4.5/5 stars
The stories in here tackles the value of beauty, the power of our imagination, the youth that we may or may not still possess, and the jealousy of another’s success on the absence of one’s own. In these stories, we may also find our passion, our childhood nightmares, our sexualities, and even a fairy tale retelling. These stories are written in a way that it is accessible to its readers, not necessarily because of its “simple” writing, but because of its original writing style that welcomes its readers into the world which introduces interesting narrators and characters. These stories are written so well that its readers cannot help but be submerged into the characters’ worlds, and these characters are also too human that we, its readers, can see our lives being interchanged with the characters of these short stories.
Overall, this is an amazing short story collection, and some of my favorite short stories in here include: “A River’s Tale”, “DarNAnation”, “Eye Candy”, “The Other Woman”, and “Chalk”.
For readers looking for something short to read during lunch breaks, recess, on a ride home, or even before sleeping, for readers who are pressed for time, and for readers who want to make time for reading but their schedules do not allow them to do so, these short stories are written especially for you.
My actual rating for this short story collection is 4.5/5 stars
July 22, 2020
A taste of Oscar Wilde and F. Sionil Jose.
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