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The Drama of It: A Life on Film and Theater
This book is a front seat at the life-theater of National Artists Daisy H. Avellana and Lamberto V. Avellana.
When, reading the typescript for the first time, I came to the end of The Drama of It by Daisy Hontiveros Avellana...I burst into tears. No, they were not the lachrymose over-sentimentality of this dotard about to turn 87, but the instant, hot, scalding recognition of an adolescent, the kid sister of Leoni and Mario Guerrero, for I had happily had a front seat at the Avellana life-theater. In a ruch of emotion, it all came back to me...
It's one big, great tale not only about the Avellanas, but also about how life used to be lived in this country, about art and theater, about dedication to ideals and unfailing courage and untainted ambitions and, above all, undying, generous, magnificent love. This is a splendid memoir I wish I had written myself
CARMEN GUERRERO NAKPIL
When, reading the typescript for the first time, I came to the end of The Drama of It by Daisy Hontiveros Avellana...I burst into tears. No, they were not the lachrymose over-sentimentality of this dotard about to turn 87, but the instant, hot, scalding recognition of an adolescent, the kid sister of Leoni and Mario Guerrero, for I had happily had a front seat at the Avellana life-theater. In a ruch of emotion, it all came back to me...
It's one big, great tale not only about the Avellanas, but also about how life used to be lived in this country, about art and theater, about dedication to ideals and unfailing courage and untainted ambitions and, above all, undying, generous, magnificent love. This is a splendid memoir I wish I had written myself
CARMEN GUERRERO NAKPIL
175 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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