Peripheral Vision

by Eric Gamalinda

From a story about old magicians desperately looking for the course of electricity in Central Manila, to a novella about an island plagued with apparitions, to the cryptic messages of a space shuttle known as V-X, this three-part collection takes the reader on a journey through the absurd, magic of outer space. Eric Gamalinda was born in Manila and has received numerous awards for his fiction and poetry. He is the author of two novel...and a collection of poetry.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

124 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

Born and raised in Manila, Eric Gamalinda first published in the Philippines four novels: Planet Waves, Confessions of a Volcano, Empire of Memory, and My Sad Republic; a short story collection, Peripheral Vision; and a collection of poems, Lyrics from a Dead Language. All were written and published in the last decade of the twentieth century to literary acclaim and recognized with National Book Awards and the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards many times over, on top of his nonfiction and plays. His fifth novel, The Descartes Highlands, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Prize. His other US publications include the poetry collections Zero Gravity, winner of the Asian American Literary Prize, and Amigo Warfare; and a short story collection, People are Strange.

Reviews

[Ivan Labayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

somewhere, someone said, "It was a very depressing time for me, and I remember that it was on one of those nights that I began writing again, and I realized I was writing about nothing at all: empty streets, the fat grey smoke, brittle souls."

nothing was being written and a lot were depressed