Olvidon And Other Stories

by F. Sionil José

This new edition of OLVIDON is much thicker because it now includes all the short stories in the collection, PLATINUM. The title story of the collection, is one of the three novellas in the author's THREE FILIPINO WOMEN. The fairy tales for adults: The Moth and the Sunbeam and The Fruits of Gaget are now in a special coloring book edition together with the author's other children's stories.

In this collection of short fiction, F. Sionil José -- the Philippines' most widely translated author -- takes his readers into that intriguing and fascinating landscape of the Filipino condition. The title story is a graphic allegorical rendering of the disease which has long afflicted the upper reaches of Filipino society. Then with the deft strokes of a master storyteller, the author takes his readers into the far reaches and the inner depths of the Filipino experience.

F. Sionil José is best known for his epic work, the five-novel Rosales saga which encompasses a hundred years of tumultuous Philippine history, starting with the martyrdom of the three Filipino priests in 1872, and culminating with the start of Martial Law in 1972.

Genres: Short Stories, Historical Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Francisco Sionil José was born in 1924 in Pangasinan province and attended the public school in his hometown. He attended the University of Santo Tomas after World War II and in 1949, started his career in writing. Since then, his fiction has been published internationally and translated into several languages including his native Ilokano. He has been involved with the international cultural organizations, notably International P.E.N., the world association of poets, playwrights, essayists and novelists whose Philippine Center he founded in 1958.

F. Sionil José, the Philippines' most widely translated author, is known best for his epic work, the Rosales saga - five novels encompassing a hundred years of Philippine history - a vivid documentary of Filipino life.

In 1980, Sionil José received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.

In 2001, Sionil José was named National Artist for Literature.

In 2004, Sionil José received the Pablo Neruda Centennial Award.

Reviews

[Carmela]

how can i read this story?

[Leilani · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is rare to find. No wonder, while the rest of FSJ’s books are reviewed by many, this is not.

Here is my rating for Olvidon (the main story): 4.9

[Annabelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know I went through the whole little book in a day, at least. Short stories. Filled with inconsequential details. Don't know how much are true. But a lot of it came up in the conversation I had with the man over lunch (at his favorite Japanese restaurant near Solidaridad, January 6, 2014, with his wife Manang Tess and Oscar Peñaranda, whom I tagged along with). Like the story of fishing for crabs at Golden Gate Bridge, and finding a ring with the name "Ruth." Of Tokyo and his friend with the many wives. Bhutan--more fishing. I like the man's essays best, his short stories come in a close second.