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Oldtimer and Other Stories

José Y. Dalisay Jr.

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Oldtimer and Other Stories, the author's first book, is seeing print again for the first time since the first edition was published by Asphodel Books in 1984. It contains ten stories described by Dalisay as "the stories of my first thirty years...of my first lifetime." The stories vary in their styles and concerns, from the friendship of two men in New York just after the war to the plight of an Army doctor ministering to a teenage insurgent and the heady charm of a kept woman living next door. "No two stories in the collection are alike: that's Dalisay's feeling for form operating," observed Francisco Arcellana in his introduction to the first edition. "In the work of Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., material is the given. The rest is his feeling for form."

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. has published ten books of fiction, drama, and non-fiction. He teaches English and creative writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he also chairs the Department of English and Comparative Literature. He has won Palanca, CCP, TOYM, and National Book Awards for his writing, and has been a Fullbright, Hawthornden, British Council, and David TK Wong fellow.

Language: English

Pages: 129

Format: Paperback

Publisher: The University of the Philippines Press

Release: May 07, 2022

ISBN: 9715423612

ISBN 13: 9789715423618

Oldtimer and Other Stories

José Y. Dalisay Jr.

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Oldtimer and Other Stories, the author's first book, is seeing print again for the first time since the first edition was published by Asphodel Books in 1984. It contains ten stories described by Dalisay as "the stories of my first thirty years...of my first lifetime." The stories vary in their styles and concerns, from the friendship of two men in New York just after the war to the plight of an Army doctor ministering to a teenage insurgent and the heady charm of a kept woman living next door. "No two stories in the collection are alike: that's Dalisay's feeling for form operating," observed Francisco Arcellana in his introduction to the first edition. "In the work of Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., material is the given. The rest is his feeling for form."

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. has published ten books of fiction, drama, and non-fiction. He teaches English and creative writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he also chairs the Department of English and Comparative Literature. He has won Palanca, CCP, TOYM, and National Book Awards for his writing, and has been a Fullbright, Hawthornden, British Council, and David TK Wong fellow.

Language: English

Pages: 129

Format: Paperback

Publisher: The University of the Philippines Press

Release: May 07, 2022

ISBN: 9715423612

ISBN 13: 9789715423618

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