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'Gapô (at isang puting Pilipino, sa mundo ng mga Amerikanong kulay brown)
'GAPÔ
Isang security guard na kano sa base-militar ang nakapatay ng Pilipino. Tumangging isuko ng militar-Amerikano sa korte ng Pilipinas ang bata nilang kriminal. Lahat daw ng imbestigasyon sa loob ng base-Amerikano ay kailangan munang basbasan ng mga taga-American Department of Defense.
Ikinulong ng mga kano ang isang minerong Pinoy sa salang pagpasok nang walang pahintulo...more
Isang security guard na kano sa base-militar ang nakapatay ng Pilipino. Tumangging isuko ng militar-Amerikano sa korte ng Pilipinas ang bata nilang kriminal. Lahat daw ng imbestigasyon sa loob ng base-Amerikano ay kailangan munang basbasan ng mga taga-American Department of Defense.
Ikinulong ng mga kano ang isang minerong Pinoy sa salang pagpasok nang walang pahintulo...more
Mass Market Paperback, 152 pages
Published
2012
by Cacho Publishing House, Inc.
(first published 1988)
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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 pinaikli lamang itong Olonggapo, isang lugar k...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 pinaikli lamang itong Olonggapo, isang lugar k...more
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'Gapo is the shortened version of Olongapo. It is one of the cities in Luzon, the biggest island in the Philippines. It was where the former U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, then the largest overseas military installation of the United States Armed Forces, was used to be located in. It was closed in 1992 when Mt. Pinatubo erupted. The naval base existed for 92 years.
Aside from that naval base, there were other US military bases throughout the country, e.g., the Clark Air Base in Angeles City in Pampa...more
Aside from that naval base, there were other US military bases throughout the country, e.g., the Clark Air Base in Angeles City in Pampa...more
Sep 25, 2012
Tifa Lockhart
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Si Michael Taylor Jr. ay isang dalawangpung taong gulang na folk singer sa isang bar na nagngangalang freedom pad. Anak siya sa labas ng isang amerikanong sundalo na hindi niya nakita man o nakilala. Malaki ang galit niya sa mga amerikano dahil sa ginawa ng ama niyang pag-iwan sa kanyang ina at sa kanyang pagiging anak sa labas na ginawang katatawanan ng iba. Lalo siyang nagalit nang masaksihan niya ang pag-aalipusta ng mga sundalong amerikano sa mga kaibigan niya. Si Dolores, ang ina niyang nag...more
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...more
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.
One of the few books of a contemporary Filipino author that I've liked, Gapo by Lualhati Bautista really is an eye-opener, a definitely must-read by the Filipino readers. Set during the 1970s, a time when American bases "ruled" the Philippines, Gapo shows the irony of the "Everlasting Friendship of Two Nations".
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 magkuwento pero paminsan-minsan ay napapangiti ako...more
Aug 31, 2012
Daph Bajas
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Lualhati Bautista
Recommended to Daph by:
no one
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filipino-novels
Grade school noong una kong nabasa ang 'Gapo. Kung noon ay hindi ko pa maintindihang ang luagr bilang isang sentrong karakter ng nobela, na sa pag-aakala ay isang nobelang pinagkunan ng pelikulang "Olongapo: The Great American Dream" kung saan bida si Jaclyn Jose. Sa pagbabalik tanaw isang kahiwagaan pa rin sa akin ang tambad na pag-usisa sa 'Gapo bilang isang lugar-sakop at komersyalismo-sentriko. At ang pagpapakilala sa sakit na AIDS ang lalo pang nagpalalaim sa introduksyon sa akin ng pagigin...more
This is the first Filipino novel I finished - ever. Canal de la Reina was just so...ughh!
Gapo is a really interesting and fast read. Sure, there's at least two chapters that were outright boring and unnecessary, but the majority of the book was easy enough to read.
I'd write a summary of each chapter, but I already forgot what the first chapter was about so... :P
I'm supposed to write a book report for Gapo. Biggest problem? No plot. So I just wrote what I thought was the plot. The only question I...more
Gapo is a really interesting and fast read. Sure, there's at least two chapters that were outright boring and unnecessary, but the majority of the book was easy enough to read.
I'd write a summary of each chapter, but I already forgot what the first chapter was about so... :P
I'm supposed to write a book report for Gapo. Biggest problem? No plot. So I just wrote what I thought was the plot. The only question I...more
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Anak ng tinapa. Meron ako'ng libro na ito. Hindi ko maalala kung nandito pa sa bahay namin. Pero binili ko ito dati para sa Book Report namin sa Filipino subject. Hindi ko na rin maalala kung ano ang nangyari dito. Mahanap nga yung libro ko at nang mabasa ko'ng muli. Sana lang makita ko. Babalikan ko na lang itong review na ito kapag nakita ko na. :)
Anak ng tinapa. Meron ako'ng libro na ito. Hindi ko maalala kung nandito pa sa bahay namin. Pero binili ko ito dati para sa Book Report namin sa Filipino subject. Hindi ko na rin maalala kung ano ang nangyari dito. Mahanap nga yung libro ko at nang mabasa ko'ng muli. Sana lang makita ko. Babalikan ko na lang itong review na ito kapag nakita ko na. :)
Gapo featured a socially-relevant topic concerning the severe discrimination and unjust proceedings of 'Two Great Nations'.
I find that the story is the type that just goes with the flow of events. I do not mind that (as many coming-of-age novels tend to have the same pattern).
I do wish that the typos in the novel would be taken care of for future editions. Still, in its whole, it was a good and worthwhile read.
I find that the story is the type that just goes with the flow of events. I do not mind that (as many coming-of-age novels tend to have the same pattern).
I do wish that the typos in the novel would be taken care of for future editions. Still, in its whole, it was a good and worthwhile read.
Sa madidilim at maingay na club at bars, na pinaglalagian ng mga Ameriakano sa Gapo, makikila ng mga mambabasa ang mga karakter ni Mike, Magda, Ali, at Modesto. Bagama't may iba't ibang buhay, paninindigan at katauhan ang bawat nasabing karakter, may malaki nama'ng pagkakahalintulad ang kani-kanilang mga problema... http://www.softbound.blogspot.com/201...
Para sa mga Pilipino. Naalala ko pa talaga yung istorya nito. Medyo parang nabagalan yata ako rito dati pero marami rin naman kasing nangyari. May mga parte na malambing at may mga part din talagang nalungkot ako. Pero medyo nagustuhan ko rin naman.
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.
Magiging sunud- sunuran ka na lang ba? Para saan ang pagiging pilipino mo kung hindi ka lalaban? Brown, White, Black.
Maghapon ko lang binasa yung buong nobela. Masyado kong natuwa sa kwento. :)
inspiring story for a filipino's like me
Dec 13, 2012
Glycel
added it
nice and interesting...
Feb 27, 2010
Mayiieh
is currently reading it
hmMmm..
The fact that this is another mind-opening, socially relevant work of Lualhati Bautista makes this book okay for me. But, Bautista's crude writing has become a turn-off for this one.
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.
Nakakaantig.
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.
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.
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.
a must read for all American soldiers enjoying the Balikatan exercise in the Philippines, including rapists.
Mar 29, 2011
Julie
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Historical fiction lovers (Philippine History)
Review later :)
a mirror of colonialism..
Jun 16, 2013
Abraham
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She was born in Tondo, Manila on December 2, 1946 to parents Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres. She studied in public schools, both in her elementary and high school years. She graduated from the Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in 1964 and from Torres High School in 1968. While studying in the Lyceum of the Philippines, she took the course of which she had no interest, and eventually stopped sch...more
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