In the spirit of "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "Les Misrables," a major new translation-Jos Rizal's stunning continuation of "Noli Me Tangere." Jos Rizal was one of the leading champions of Filipino nationalism and independence. His masterpiece, "Noli Me Tangere," is widely considered to be the foundational novel of the Philippines. In this riveting continuation, which picks up the story thirteen years later, Rizal departs from the Noli's themes of innocent love and martyrdom to present a gripping tale of obsession and revenge. Clearly demonstrating Rizal's growth as a writer, and influenced by his exposure to international events, "El Filibusterismo" is a thrilling and suspenseful account of Filipino resistance to colonial rule that still resonates today.
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In the spirit of "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "Les Misrables," a major new translation-Jos Rizal's stunning continuation of "Noli Me Tangere." Jos Rizal was one of the leading champions of Filipino nationalism and independence. His masterpiece, "Noli Me Tangere," is widely considered to be the foundational novel of the Philippines. In this riveting continuation, which picks up the story thirteen years later, Rizal departs from the Noli's themes of innocent love and martyrdom to present a gripping tale of obsession and revenge. Clearly demonstrating Rizal's growth as a writer, and influenced by his exposure to international events, "El Filibusterismo" is a thrilling and suspenseful account of Filipino resistance to colonial rule that still resonates today.
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The Stunning continuation of Jose Rizal's great revolutionary epic of the Philippines - in a new translation
Picking up the story of Noli Me Tangere thirteen years later, El Filibusterismo presents a gripping tale of obsession and revenge. Gone are the Noli's themes of innocent love, its hero, Ibarra, a man of great integrity and vision, replaced by the mysterious jeweller Simoun and a venal-and reprehensible-cast of characters. The result of Rizal's growth as a writer and influenced by his exposure to international events, El Filibusterismo is a riveting and suspenseful account of Filipino resistance to colonial rule that still resonates today.
'Augenbraum has done a masterful job translating El Filibusterismo and provides another elegant, well-researched and thoughtful introduction. Though the Noli remains the better known of the two, this powerful sequel shows us a more complicated, tough-minded Rizal and deserves a wider readership.' - Jessica Hagedorn
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by HAROLD AUGENBRAUN
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Jose Rizal is known as the hero of the Philippines and the largest champion of Flipino nationalism for independence. Raised by an upper-class family of 11 children, Rizal left the Philippines for Spain in order to finish his education. Through his extensive travels and studies, he mastered 22 languages and practiced various professions, including journalism and medicine. His first novel, Noli Me Tangere, was published in Berlin in 1887, to the ire of the Spanish civil and religious servants in the Philippines whom it satired. Its sequel, El Filibusterismo, further angered the Spanish authorities, and, when the revolution broke out in the Philippines, Rixal was captured and imprisoned for sedition and rebellion. Rizal was executed on December 30th, 1896, at the age of 35.
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