(Can’t Go Out and Other Stories)Author: Ms. Elizabeth Joy Serrano-QuijanoPublished by: Ateneo Publication Office, Ateneo de Davao University Once upon a time – actually only about half-a-century ag…
Published by: Ateneo Publication Office, Ateneo de Davao University
As we lived near the river, practically all the days of our summer break was spent swimming in its cold waters while our mothers washed clothes. Lunch – no matter how simple as just rice, bulad and ginamos – was always delicious if eaten when we were very hungry after all the horsing around the river.
These were the years long before a Marcos appeared in the political landscape when it was the Quirinos, Magsaysays and Garcias who were the country’s leaders. Elections were generally peaceful and buying votes was unheard of. Corruption in government bureaucracy did not make millionaires of public officials.
But the town of Digos where I grow up, is no longer what it was when we were kids. So also most of the small towns – from Mati to Tagum to Bansalan – which have been transformed into semi-urbanized cities. Everyday life has radically changed as populations, business enterprises and transport facilities increased. People are caught in a faster pace of living their lives trying to catch up with the demands of livelihood and responsibilities. There seems to be none of the carefree days of yore.
This book – written in Cebuano-Bisaya – is an anthology of 10 short stories whose locus is her Matan-ao. As many prospective readers may not be able to understand this language, or those who could but find it cumbersome to read in this language, the author and her publisher decided to have English translations of the stories. Fortunately, John Bengan of UP-Mindanao – a published author himself and co-member of the Davao Writers’ Guild – was willing to do the English translations.
However, there is also a world of difference given the political and economic developments that have taken place in Mindanao and across the country since the Marcos regime and in the post-EDSA era. While growing up in Matan-ao, the author experienced the repercussion of the revolutionary movement with the ensuing militarization in many interior towns considered red zones.
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