Nick Joaquin: Prose and Poems
Nick Joaquin is one writer with real imagination, an imagination of power and depth and great metaphysical seeing, and which knows how to express itself in great language, He is...
Nick Joaquin: The Woman Who Had Two Navels
Nick Joaquin’s novel follows Connie Escobar, a wealthy woman convinced she has two navels. Instead of a medical practitioner, she consults a horse doctor for her unusual condition. Set against...
Tropical Baroque
This collection presents four plays by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin. Set in various historical periods of Manila, the plays explore themes of family, identity, societal expectations, and female...
Caves and Shadows
Set against the backdrop of 1970s Manila during the Martial Law era, Nick Joaquin’s novel unfolds as a gripping whodunit with metaphysical undertones. The narrative centers around Jack Henson, an...
The Complete Poems and Plays of Jose Rizal
First published in 1976, "Nick Joaquin's translation of The Complete Poems and Plays of Jose Rizal is his major contribution to contemporary readers of Rizal. His perfect grasp of Rizal's...
The Summer Solstice and Other Stories
The Summer Solstice and Other Stories by Nick Joaquin is a trio of tales where religion and superstition, the mundane and the mystical, converge. It features the title story “The...
Collected Verse
"Collected Verse gathers Nick Joaquin's own choices among the poems he wrote from the mid-thirties to 1987. Published again for his birth centenary, this edition offers a new foreword by...
May Day Eve and Other Stories
May Day Eve and Other Stories is a quintet of unsettling tales of mystery, religious zeal, and passion. It features the title story “May Day Eve” as well as “Three...
Necessary Fictions: Philippine Literature and the Nation 1946-1980
Examines the connection between literature and nationalist discourse during the postwar period. Through close readings of the works of Jose Rizal, Amado Hernandez, Nick Joaquin, Edgardo Reyes, Ricardo Lee, Kerima...
The Mats
National Artist for Literature Francisco Arcellana’s 1938 classic short story “The Mats” speaks of love, laughter, and loss in a dazzling picture book for the entire family. “One of the...