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Dogeaters

Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

1990121 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1990
first published
  • 1990Pantheon Books · 251 pages · ENGISBN 9780394574981
  • 1991Penguin Books · 251 pages · ENG
  • 2003Theatre Communications Group · 121 pages · ENGISBN 9781559362153

Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at racism in the U.S. and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging."--From publisher's description.

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