Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Brandeis, Magdalene | Hegi, Ursula | Desser, Robin.
Date
2015-05-01
Keywords
Creative Writing and Literature | Literature
Department
Department of Creative Writing and Literature.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77342
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Asa Guerrero is a historical novel set in the Philippines from 1952 to 1980. The protagonist, Asa Guerrero, a priest, comes home to care for his dying mother. Confronted by his past at every turn, Asa is forced to relive his tumultuous childhood as the son of an anonymous American GI and a young impoverished prostitute in the 1960s. To find peace and freedom for himself, Asa traces the courses of love and loss in a world hurtling toward modern times. He shows us the effects of an earlier period in his youth as he struggles to reconcile with his family and his past, with social injustice, corruption, brutality and the tragedies of his own life. | 138 pages
Recommended Citation
Pacson, Christine Phoebe Canoy, "Asa Guerrero" (2015). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 3162.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/3162