Merlinda Bobis

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Merlinda Bobis

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Merlinda Bobis is an award-winning contemporary Philippine-Australian writer who has had 4 novels, 6 poetry books and a collection of short stories published, and 10 dramatic works performed. For her, ‘Writing visits like grace. Its greatest gift is the comfort if not the joy of transformation. In an inspired moment, we almost believe that anguish can be made bearable and injustice can be overturned, because they can be named. And if we’re lucky, joy can even be multiplied a hundredfold, so we may have reserves in the cupboard for the lean times.’

Born in Tabaco in the Philippines province of Albay, Merlinda Bobis attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A. at Aquinas University in Legazpi City. She holds post-graduate degr
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Banana Heart Summer

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Fish-Hair Woman

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Locust Girl: A Lovesong

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The Solemn Lantern Maker: A...

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The Kindness of Birds

3.82 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions
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White Turtle

3.93 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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Dream Stories

3.83 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014
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The Kissing

4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Summer Was a Fast Train Wit...

3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1998
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Cantata of the warrior woma...

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“After a while, she murmurs, "What does it mean... what is it to be American?" The question stuns him. That he doesn't know how to answer stuns him more. Or maybe he doesn't know the answer. Maybe certainty is impossible. We're only as real as what we do and what is done to us in the moment; knowing comes much later, if it comes at all. We're jostled by too many acts that we choose to forget.”
Merlinda Bobis, The Solemn Lantern Maker: A Novel

“pride is a sin, but dignity is a saviour”
Merlinda Bobis, Banana Heart Summer

“desire is bigger than anything that can fill it. Desire is a house with infinite extensions”
Merlinda Bobis, Banana Heart Summer

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