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Aug 02, 2011
Ayban
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#1 Book This August
Eto yung pangatlong librong nabasa ko mula kay Lualhati Bautista. Bagaman hindi babae ang pangunahinh karakter ng nobela malaki pa rin ang papel ng mga babae sa karakter na ginampanan nila. Tulad ng iba pang nabasao kong nobela ni Lualhati ("Dekada 70" at "Bata, bata paano ka ginawa") parehas ang time setting nito ang pinagkaiba lang, ang setting ng lugar. Sa titulo palang alam na alam na, "Gapo" at saan nga ba ang Gapo? Hindi'bat pina More...
Eto yung pangatlong librong nabasa ko mula kay Lualhati Bautista. Bagaman hindi babae ang pangunahinh karakter ng nobela malaki pa rin ang papel ng mga babae sa karakter na ginampanan nila. Tulad ng iba pang nabasao kong nobela ni Lualhati ("Dekada 70" at "Bata, bata paano ka ginawa") parehas ang time setting nito ang pinagkaiba lang, ang setting ng lugar. Sa titulo palang alam na alam na, "Gapo" at saan nga ba ang Gapo? Hindi'bat pina More...
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Jan 01, 2012
John
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The story is fine, has some nice moments, and reading it is kind of easy (maybe because it is in Filipino). However, I find the whole novel too Liwayway-ish, maybe too episodic, possessing the 'petiks' feel of popular pocketbook titles. Maybe this is Lualhati's forte, being pedestrian in narration and humorous in description. Nonetheless, compared to the tightness and dramatic impact of her other novels, most notably Dekada '70, Gapo is more didactic, digressive, up to the point that it seems qu
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Dec 20, 2011
Ysa
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Katatapos ko lang basahin ang librong ito... at hindi ko maiwasang itanong: Ano nga ba ang pinagkaiba ng kalagayan natin noon sa kalagayan natin ngayon? Kung pinakikinabangan tayo ng mga Amerikano noon ano pa kaya ngayon? Ang sakit din kasing isipin minsan na lahat ng talino mo't pinag-aralan sila pa rin ang nakikinabang. Ang mga kompanya pa rin nila.
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Aug 01, 2011
Alden
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Isa na namang napakagandang kuwento mula sa batikang manunulat na si Lualhati Bautista. Bago itong "Gapo", una kong nabasa ang "Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?", sumunod ang "Dekada '70", at ang "Desaparesidos". Sa aking opinyon, ang kuwentong ito na tumatalakay sa malalim na ugnyan ng mga Pilipino at mga Amerikano sa iba't ibang aspeto ay nanumbalik sa Lualhati Bautista na nakita ko sa "Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?". Malalim at seryoso s'yang m
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Dec 03, 2008
Jnz
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well written novel, very profound.
it's like I've been to olonggapo with joe and experienced the colonial mentality of the fuckin' americans.
it's like I've been to olonggapo with joe and experienced the colonial mentality of the fuckin' americans.
Aug 08, 2011
Erish
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Maghapon ko lang binasa yung buong nobela. Masyado kong natuwa sa kwento. :)
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Apr 07, 2011
Drew
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Lualhati Bautista has done it again. "Gapo", like her other books, is gritty and realistic as can be. Bautista holds back no words in expressing the effect of American colonialism in the Filipino people. I love how Bautista captures reality in her work.
Oct 19, 2008
lenay
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sana may movie version nito. kaso, matagal na akong nag-iisip kung sino ang pwedeng gumanap na bida. sana indie na lang para hindi sirain/baguhin ng commercial production companies.
Oct 09, 2007
Bea
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If you really understood this book, you should be able to realize that we are still colonialized by the Americans.
A really political book that everyone should read.
A really political book that everyone should read.
Jan 08, 2012
Pamela
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This books ignite the fire of nationalism in me at the same time, it makes me ashamed of the way I look up to the Americans.
Sep 24, 2007
Violeta
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a must read for all American soldiers enjoying the Balikatan exercise in the Philippines, including rapists.
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