Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din Explained

Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din
Author:Andres Cristobal Cruz
Country:Philippines
Language:Tagalog
Genre:Novel
Publisher:Ateneo de Manila University Press
Release Date:1986
Media Type:Print
Pages:324
Isbn:978-9-715-50538-3

Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din ("Even Tondo possess some Heaven") is a 1986 Tagalog-language novel written by Filipino novelist Andres Cristobal Cruz. The 324-page novel was published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press. The novel involves love and romance occurring between individuals that are residing in a poverty-stricken area in Tondo, Manila in the Philippines. The social background of the individuals produces a "dramatizing effect" in presenting the Philippine experience laid out in contemporary context and setting, giving the novel a similarity in style and theme to Philippine national hero Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere.[1]

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  1. Web site: Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din ni Andres Cristobal Cruz. Kabayancentral.com. 22 June 2011.