| Dream Jungle | |
| Author: | Jessica Hagedorn |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Fiction |
| Publisher: | Viking Adult |
| Media Type: | Hardbound |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-670-88458-2 |
Dream Jungle is a novel by Jessica Hagedorn, a Filipino American author.
The book was published in 2003 by Penguin Viking press.[1] [2]
The book is set in the Philippines in the 1970s. The plot follows Rizalina, a young Filipina girl, and revolves around two events: the purported discovery of a fictionalized stone-age "lost tribe" by a rich, privileged Westerner, and the filming of an extravagant and over-budget Vietnam War film, reminiscent of Apocalypse Now.[3]