New release from BLACK INK COMICS (Philippines) PEPE: THE LOST YEARS OF RIZAL: BOOK TWO Written by Ron Mendoza Illustrated by Arnold Renia Cruz In a letter, Rizal explained: "The word filibustero is little known in the Philippines. The masses do not know it yet. I heard it for the first time in 1872 when the tragic executions (of the Gomburza) took place. I still remember the panic that this word created. Our father forbade us to utter it, as well as the words Cavite, Burgos (one of the executed priests), etc. The Manila newspapers and the Spaniards apply this word to one whom they want to make a revolutionary suspect. The Filipinos belonging to the educated class fear the reach of the word. It does not have the meaning of freebooters; it rather means a dangerous patriot who will soon be hanged or well, a presumptuous man." By the end of the nineteenth century, the word filibustero had acquired the meaning "subversive" in the Philippines, hence the book is about subversion. El Filibusterismo is the second novel written by José Rizal as the sequel to Noli Me Tangere. Like Noli Me Tangere, it was written in Spanish. The novel is frequently nicknamed "El Fili" or simply "Fili."
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:57:05 +0000
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