Woman with Horns and Other Stories: US Edition

BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR

WOMAN WITH HORNS AND OTHER STORIES, by award-winning Filipino writer Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, collects a dozen stories that draw from historical and contemporary sources. Many of the stories explore the clash of Philippine culture with foreign influences that reached the archipelago during different historical periods.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the author and editor of over twenty books, including three novels: When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena, and The Newspaper Widow. Her recent awards and recognition include the 40th National Book Award and the Cirilo F. Bautista Prize in 2023 for her Selected Short Stories. The book she edited, Growing Up Filipino 3 was finalist for the 41th National Book Award in 2024.

PRAISE
Cecilia Brainard is a gifted writer able to draw from both historical and contemporary sources - folktales, epics, and nuggets of her own experience. Especially impressive is the way she jumps into the story, and within three or four lines, sets the time, mood, and pace of a story. (The writer) has the ability to depict many aspects of a feminine persona without the stereotypes: in the stories, women, whether they be young or old, emerge as passionate, innocent, feisty, flashy, or reticent, as the narrative demands. Russel Leong, Editor Amerasia Journal, UCLA)
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Beautifully written in the minimalist style yet never lacking color and clarity, Brainard's stories reach out from the deep centuries of folklore, superstition, religion, customs, geography and history to bring them life into the present. But more than life itself, this book mirrors the unique ways in which the Filipino woman searches for meaning. The locale and period of each story expand rather than limit the characters' choices. Marie Castillo-Pruden for Katipunan

A welcome addition to Filipiniana. Manila Times