00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685523046126103424 Buklod 20240702080412.0 m |o d | ta 240702t20222022ph r 000 0 eng d 9786214482276 (pb/bp) DMLF rda eng DMLUC PS 9993 B665 S66 2022 Borja, Vida Cruz- author. Song of the mango and other new myths Vida Cruz-Borja. Quezon City Bughaw [©2022] viii, 364 pages 21 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier A diwata brings a grieving slave’s brother back to life as a mango tree. Two writers write their ideal lovers into existence with ink from a mangkukulam. A kapre and a farmgirl play out a tale as old as time in Spanish colonial Philippines. A girl with a magical heritage must rescue a bumbling cartographer from the hidden city of Biringan. Maria Makiling opens a pop-up café with human heartbreak on the menu. In Song of the Mango and Other New Myths, Vida Cruz-Borja brings stories woven from elements of classical myths and folklore from the Philippines and other parts of the world, as well as from visions of the modern and of the future. In worlds richly reimagined and reinvented, these “new myths” explore hidden depths from flawed characters who strive to search for a just and equal world, whether that may be in the realm of ordinary humans or the realm of magical creatures. Short stories, Philippine (English) Mythology, Philippine. FI UPD DMLF PS 9993 B665 S66 2022 UPD GGRR PS 9993 B665 S66 2022 Book