{"product_id":"bibliolepsy-paperback","title":"Bibliolepsy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Apostol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol's Philippine National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eBibliolepsy\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought down a dictatorship\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGina Apostol's debut novel, available for the first time in the US, tells of a young woman caught between a lifelong desire to escape into books and a real-world revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is growing by the day. But Primi Peregrino has her own priorities: tracking down books and pursuing romantic connections with their authors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Primi, the nascent revolution means that writers are gathering more often, and with greater urgency, so that every poetry reading she attends presents a veritable \"Justice League\" of authors for her to choose among. As the Marcos dictatorship stands poised to topple, Primi remains true to her fantasy: that she, \"a vagabond from history, a runaway from time,\" can be saved by sex, love, and books.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGina Apostol is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eInsurrecto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGun Dealers' Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution According to Raymundo Mata\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a PEN\/Open Book Award and two Philippine National Book Awards. Her essays and stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City and western Massachusetts and grew up in Tacloban, Leyte, in the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697141321791,"sku":"9781641294119","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/136ee357387b47f5616e5533d109a294.webp?v=1765008606","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bibliolepsy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}