The very first published book by Linda Ty-Casper was THE TRANSPARENT SUN AND OTHER STORIES, published by Alberto Florentino as part of his Peso Book Series. The Peso Books were small, affordable books, created deliberately to make the books accessible. This was Alberto Florentino's vision. The series included such notable writers as Jose Garcia Villa, Nick Joaquin, Francisco Arcellana, Celso Al. Carunungan, N.V.M.Gonzalez, Wilfrido D. Nolledo, Edith L. Tiempo, and others -- writers who went along with Florentino's vision.
The small books, like chaplets are now impossible to find. I received a copy recently from Linda Ty-Casper, and am sharing photos of the first pages and last, for educational purposes.
To those who avail of these pages, consider acquiring Linda Ty-Casper's other books currently available, such as her Memoir, her biography of her husband Len Casper, and more. You can find these in Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Baybayin Bookshop, Lazada, and Shopee.
Linda Ty-Casper's bio:
Linda Ty-Casper had graduated from her studies in Law from
the University of the Philippines and Harvard when she came across erroneous
and biased books at Widener Library. She abandoned Law and became an advocate,
through faithfully researched historical fiction, of the Filipino’s right to
self-definition/determination.
Her 16 books of fiction deal with Philippine events from the 18th
century, the 1896 Philippine revolution, the Philippine-American War
(1898-1902), World War II, on to the Martial Law years of the Marcos
Dictatorship, and the post-Marcos days until the early 2000s. She has edited her husband's biography, Will You Happen, Past the Silence, Through the Dark: Remembering Leonard Ralph Casper, and she also wrote her memoir, Lives Remembered. Her A Small Party in a Garden: Revised and Critical Edition is forthcoming.
Ms. Casper’s awards include the SEA WRITE Award,
UNESCO/P.E.N., Rockefeller (Bellagio), Radcliffe Fellowship, among others. Her
stories have been published in Antioch Review, The Asia Magazine, Windsor
Review, Hawaii Review, Triquarterly, and others.
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