Pieces of String and Other Stories

by Tita Lacambra-Ayala

Genres: Short Stories

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Writer, poet and multimedia artist Tita Lacambra Ayala was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte but grew up in Antamok, Benguet. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education (BSE) Major in English, minor in History, at the University of the Philippines in 1953. Tita is one of the most celebrated Filipino poets in English with her work receiving numerous awards. She has authored many books in her distinguished career, among them Sunflower Poems (1960), Friends, The Confessions of a Professional Amateur (prose) and Camels and Shapes of Darkness in a Time of Olives (poetry).

Reviews

[Ivan Labayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

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I had fond memories related to Panagbenga, staying at home, in Kitma, in Parisas, in Cab Hill, in Chapis, in all the lovely, secluded, or peripheral barangays of Baguio where the boom boom pows and boom boom boxes of La Trinidad flowers could not reach.

Maybe I was reading Tita Lacambra-Ayala’s Pieces of String and Other Stories, taking a “ritualistic nap;” or Julian Villaruel’s “QC Room Reviews,” speaking of “potted plants whose existence straddles between real and simulated,” and “stuffed toy and special pillows [as they] conspire on one corner.” One time, after the weekend festivities in Baguio, during Session in Bloom, shawarma and vigan empanada conspired in the city’s longest street, grilling the people with its wafting, meaty smoke.

[Edmon Luna · Rating 5 out of 5]

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