Lualhati bautista dekada 70
Why lualhati bautista wrote dekada '70.
Dekada '70 (novel)
1983 novel by Lualhati Bautista
Dekada '70 (lit. 'The '70s') is a Filipinonovel by Lualhati Bautista.
Lualhati bautista dekada 70
It tells the story of a middle-class family in Manila living through martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. The novel was awarded the 1983 Palanca Award Grand Prize.[1]
Translations
An English-language translation by Clarisse de Jesus was self-published by Bautista.
In 2022, it was reported by Bautista that Penguin Random House was offering to publish an English-language translation as part of the Penguin Classics series.[1]
Adaptations
The novel was adapted as a 2002 film of the same name under Star Cinema, directed by Chito S.
Roño, and with a screenplay by Lualhati Bautista. The film starred Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon with Piolo Pascual, Carlos Agassi, Marvin Agustin, Danilo Barrios, John Wayne Sace, and Kris Aquino.[2] It showed at the Metro Manila Film Festival, where it was awarded second Best Pictur