City Stories
by Angelo R. Lacuesta
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When I was young I dreaded leaving my city for the countryside. It meant leaving the space around me: a small desk, a twin-sized bed, and the wall beside it, covered with posters of my favorite bands. There was also the street I lived on, my best friend’s house two blocks away, the store another block after that. A little farther out was the avenue lined with the grocery stores, cafés, and videogame arcades I regularly visited. Across it was the school I attended. And just a bus and jeepney ride away was the mall I went to with friends for ice cream and sausage sandwiches and comic books. The only time I was ever happy to leave was on the rare occasion I was visiting another city—often more advanced and more exciting, with skylines that soared higher, with brighter lights and busier streets. But even there I felt right at home, surrounded by millions of people and their millions of stories, in which the city became the foreground or the background, the hero or the villain, the familiar or the alien, the inexhaustible or the disposable. In this collection, I’ve chosen to briefly revisit the cities that I’ve written about across two decades of writing. Most of the stories have been extensively rethought and rewritten, and I hope that they offer a fresh experience to old readers, young citizens, and new visitors alike. Welcome to my cities, and thank you for your stay.
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Author Biography
Sarge Lacuesta has won many awards for his writing, among them three National Book Awards, the Madrigal Gonzalez Best First Book Award, the NVM Gonzalez Award, and numerous Palanca and Philippines Graphic Awards.
He is Editor-at-Large at Esquire Philippines and Nonfiction Editor at Panorama: the Journal of Intelligent Travel.
Ateneo de Manila University Press
Established in 1972, The Ateneo de Manila University Press is the publishing arm of the Ateneo de Manila University. We publish scholarly titles in the social sciences and humanities that reflect on the Philippines in Asia and in the world. These works are highly regarded contributions to scholarship, research, and education, and serve as an avenue for new directions in creative work. The Ateneo Press was awarded Publisher of the Year by the Manila Critics Circle in the last three consecutive years: 2017, 2018, and 2019. Our books have won over 200 awards for their high-quality content, design, and production from the National Book Awards and Gintong Aklat Awards, while several of our literary titles have received recognition from the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, the most prestigious literary award in the Philippines.
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- Publisher/Imprint Ateneo de Manila University Press / Bughaw
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789715509206
- Publication Country or regionPhilippines
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 400 PHP
- Pages272
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions8x5 inches
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