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The God Stealer by F
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Background:
Author:
Francisco Sionil Jose has been called a Philippine national treasure
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While working as a journalist in
Manila, he moonlighted writing short stories and eventually novels
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In 1965 he started his own publishing house
SOLIDARIDAD, and a year later he began publishing the remarkable Solidarity, a journal of current affairs, ideas, and
arts, still going strong today
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In 1962 he published his first novel The Pretenders
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His works are available in 24 languages and Random House has recently published
some in North America
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Jose lives and works in Manila where with his wife Teresita and a faithful staff he still runs the Solidardad Publishing
House and the Solidarity Bookstore, still considered the best little bookstore in Asia
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In July of 1999, Frankie Jose and Teresita celebrated their 50th wedding Aniversary
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The last two are in the Modern Library Editions, with the remaining of the five
volume Rosales saga to follow
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In March 2002's issue of the Discovery magazine, Jose's book Ermita was rated as one of the top ten English-language
novels set in Southeast Asia, along side Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," Graham Greene's "The Quiet American,"
James Clavell's "King Rat
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Works of Francisco Sionil Jose
Updated on November 17, 2002
Short Stories
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The God Stealer and Other Stories
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, 1968; Bratislava, 1983
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Hong Kong: Heinemann Asia, 1980; London, 1980; Manila, 1985
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Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, 1983
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Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, 1988
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Novels and Novellas (The five Rosales Saga novels in green)
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Po-on
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Tree
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My Brother, My Executioner
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The Pretenders
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Mass
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Two Filipino Women
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Ermita
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Gagamba
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Viajero
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Three Filipino Women
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Sin
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Sins
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Dusk
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(Tree and My Brother, My Executioner) Random House, New York, 1999
Times & Milieu: Post War Period
Trends & Mov’t: Realism
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Philip being an
Ifugao is proud of his race
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They had a long trip going to Ifugao
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Soon they arrived in
Baguio and reached their destination
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Sam disagreed because he said that there’s no plumbing there
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Sam brought candies and cigarettes for them
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Philip told him that his brother dislikes
him, which Sam begged to disagree
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It was Philip first who went inside
while Sam waited outside
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He told Sam that he asked his grandfather if where he could find the “god” and when
he told him that it was for an American friend, he got mad since he never liked strangers
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But
then, his grandfather wanted a feast the following day, so they did
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The old man died upon discovering that the “god” was lost
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Sam Christie went back in Manila alone, with the “god” image with him
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Analysis
Setting: Mountain Province
Characters:
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Philip Latak – a native Ifugao who tried to find his luck in Manila; worked as an assistant in an agency in
Manila
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Sam Christie – Philips’ friend and officemate who loves to collect antique/souvenir from different places
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Sadek Latak – Philip’s brother; doesn’t look happy seeing his brother home
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Philips’ grandfather
Plot: Conventional
Dialogue: Dialogue was in English but used simple language
Themes:
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Blood is Thicker than Water
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Materialism
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People’s Desire for Better Life
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Typical with every Filipino family, we adhere the value of togetherness
that sometimes even when families get married, they still stay under one roof
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Aspiring for a better life, means moving on but not necessarily forgetting his
native past which his immediate family doesn’t understand wherein due to unavoidable circumstances, he was pushed to
stay home