Questions tagged [nick-joaquin]
Questions about the works of the Filipino writer and journalist Nick Joaquin (1917 – 2004) and his life as a writer.
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Does the Order of Melchizedek's professed goal to bring the Vatican Council to the masses refer to a historical reality?
In Nick Joaquin's story or novella "The Order of Melchizedek", Guia, the main character's younger sister, has become a member of a religious organisation that is referred to as the Order of ...
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What is the literary effect of such long opening and closing sentences in "May Day Eve"?
Nick Joaquin's short story "May Day Eve" begins and ends with two extremely long sentences:
The old people had ordered that the dancing should stop at ten o’clock but it was almost midnight ...
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What does cuatro cantos refer to?
In Nick Joaquin's story "Cándido's Apocalypse", Pete Henson tells Bobby, the story's main character, that
"Joey Perez and some fellows went joyriding and dog-hunting and they caught a ...
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What does ‘Kung mapatay di madeadball ’ mean?
In Nick Joaquin's story "Cándido's Apocalypse", the 17-year-old Bobby starts behaving rather strangely. After going "stowaway" and being brought back home, he wakes up the next ...
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What does 'por bida man guid' mean?
In Nick Joaquin's story "The Order of Melchizedek", Sid and Mrs. Borja are trying to retrieve a card that Sid had pushed down an edge of the upholstery in a taxi. The girl who has washed the ...
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Who are/were the man and woman in Nick Joaquin's "May Day Eve"?
Nick Joaquin's short story May Day Eve skips back and forth between different eras of time. There is the night after a party when a young woman and young man look in a mirror and meet each other; then,...
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What do Connie's two navels represent?
Nick Joaquin's story "The Woman Who Had Two Navels" opens with the following words:
When she told him she had two navels he believed her at once: (...)
"She" is Connie de Vidal, ...
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