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setting of Nick Joaquin's May Day Eve
This famous short story was set in Intramuros, Manila, and its author, Nick Joaquin, wrote it after WWII. This story of a

marriage that started with every promise of lasting passion and love later tracks the disintegration of the relationship.

Characters in this story, which has magical or supernatural elements that are quite common in modern Latin literature,

include Badoy, the narrator, and his love interest, Agueda. Joaquin is viewed as one of the first originators of magical

realism in the fiction of his native country, the Philippines.

I'm writing this from the future (January 09, 2006). while you are welcome to read and comment in my blog, I would like to kindly ask my readers not to ask me for summaries and or book reports or comments on any nick joaquin writings for their school papers. i don't like it. it's been nearly 3 years since i've written this entry and i'm still getting requests for summaries and whatnot! i still don't like it.

please read Nick Joaquin's works by yourselves and experience his greatness first hand! think what you want to think about his works. there is no right or wrong in analyzing literature-- it could just either be smart or stupid-- but that's the way it is. Just make sure that you read the story or the book!

thanks very much. stef ______________________________________________

i've been meaning to write something about Nick Joaquin eversince i heard about his passing last week. i didn't write one immediately because what can i say about my favorite Filipino writer? Quijano de Manila? the National Artist? his works have been a staple of every Filipino literature class i've been in since high school, and learning and reading about his death in the subsequent days on the newspaper gave me this echoing sense of loss. it's like my grandfather had died, and i couldn't help crying over the articles written about him, wishing that i had at least got to shake his hand before he died.

i think the

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