Norman Wilwayco

Mondomanila

A couple who finds each other amid the gruelling battle with armed forces in the deepest forests of Bulacan seek to live a normal life, away from the struggle and the violence. But what initially brought them together ultimately becomes their undoing when “a normal life” in the city threatens their connection.

Gerilya

From the author of “Mondo” and “Responde” comes a second collection of 10 short stories that portray the many different lives of Pinoys. In “Rading,” a jeepney driver is hustling to make his boundary and make it to a brothel, but his evening takes a different turn. In “Panalong Regalo ng Sistema,” an employee is locked in a battle with HR over his tardiness while rushing a report for his boss. Wilwayco also plays with the narrative form in two stories: “Harem,” an earlier work that blurs the lines between what’s real and what’s fantasy; and “Book Cycle,” in which the lives of the reader and the author intersect in one cab ride.

Rekta

Tony de Guzman is a booze swilling, pot smoking high level it guy working in a big insurance company. He has big plans that could set him up financially for life. And although he spends his time trying to get a coworker to bed, he still pines for an old girlfriend from his troubled chidlhood.

Mondo

12 stories about loss and discovery, of tragedy and triumph, and the darkest depths people go in the pursuit of life. From multiple Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winner, Norman Wilwayco, “Responde” features “Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-habang paglalakbay.” The short story is the first incarnation of Wilwayco’s first novel “Mondo.” Both versions won the Palanca award for literature in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Within these pages, a bond between a dog and his master ends tragically in one night; a neighborhood crazy is violated in the most brutal way; and one man’s obsession over a woman becomes the focus of an entire school when a bet forces them to reveal their true selves.

Norman Wilwayco

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