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Fish hair woman / Merlinda Bobis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bobis, Merlinda C. (Merlinda Carullo)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peasant uprisings--Philippines--Fiction.
- Peasant uprisings.
- Philippines--Fiction.
- Philippines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- North Melbourne, Vic. : Spinifex Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1987, the Philippine government fights a total war against communist insurgency and the village of Iraya is militarized. The days are violent and the nights heavy with fireflies in the river where the dead are dumped. With her 12-meter hair, the "fish-hair woman" Estrella trawls the corpses from the water, which now tastes of lemongrass. She falls in love with the visiting Australian writer Tony McIntyre before he disappears in the conflict. Ten years later, his son Luke is reading this story in a mysterious manuscript sent to Australia with
- Contents:
- Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Beloved; Gestures; Iraya; Testimonies; River
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-74219-796-5
- 1-74219-793-0
- OCLC:
- 798535406
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