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A Blade of Fern: A Novel About the Philippines

Writing In Asia series

Set in the exotic background of the little mining village of Nibucal in the southern Philippines, A Blade of Fernsketches a panoramic vista of rural life and problems of survival among miners prospecting for gold.

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The novel is in the tradition of the Romantic hero who runs away from a society he rejects to seek regeneration in a deeply natural environment.

A Blade of Fernshould be of interest to students of Philippine literature in English and the general reader.

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