The Manila We Knew

by Erlinda Enríquez Panlilio (Editor), Manuel D. Baldemor (Illustrator), Lolita Delgado Fansler

"This little volume is a valuable contribution to the lore that accumulates about every great city in the world--part social history, part myth, and part love song. Manila might be sinking under the weight of problems proclaimed every day by newspaper columnists and TV commentators. It might be plagued by calamaties, both natural and manmade. Its historical monuments might be wrecked by unthinking politicianss' its walls and bridges defaced by ugly posters and graffiti; its hapless pedestrians killed by reckless drivers and ineptly constructed billboards. It will survive nonethelss, because people like the writers of this book will not give up on it. These Manilenas will stand their ground. Here is their testament to the city of their affections."
From the forward by
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
award-winning author

Featuring the essays of
Lolita Delgado Fansler
Gizela Madrigal Gonzalez
Laling H. Lim
Mert J Loinaz
Josefina Pedrosa Manahan
Lourdes R. Montinola
Millette Tanada Ocampo
Ma. Cristina Duarte Olbes
Wyn Wynn Nyunt Ong
Anna Aguirre Pamplona
Erlinda Enriquez Panlilo
Henrie R. Santos

Genres: Nonfiction, History

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Erlinda Enríquez Panlilio is a noted writer, painter, civic worker and businesswoman.

In her early years she was a hotelier-restauratuer, working in the family business with her parents, Modesto and Trinidad Enríquez. Retiring early in her 50s, she decided to pursue her lifelong passion and went back to to school to take her masters in English Studies, major in creative writing, from the University of the Philippines.

She turned her thesis into a moving biography of her mother entitled "Teacher to Tycoon--the Life and Times of Trinidad Díaz Enríquez", which was awarded the 2001 National Book Award for Biography by the Manila Critics Circle. She is active in the world of literature, editing an anthology of personal essays and Filipino comfort food.

(from wikipilipinas.org.)

Reviews

[Benny Villanueva]

the essays on the Quezon City projects, Marikina, and Pasay are gems!

[Ishtar]

5 stars for Wynn Wynn Ong's piece. The rest are just garbage.