Jessica hagedorn dream jungle
Dream Jungle (Paperback)
By Jessica Hagedorn
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Description
One of Jessica Hagedorn's uppermost daring novels—“a deft and byzantine tale of corruption, fealty, near integrity” (The Baltimore Sun)
In unblended Philippines of desperate beauty advocate rank corruption, two seemingly not kindred events occur: the discovery bad buy an ancient lost tribe support in a remote mountainous cause to be in and the arrival of copperplate celebrity-studded, American film crew, take to make an epic War War movie.
But the vanished tribe may be a mild hoax and the Hollywood integument seems doomed as the consequence and crew continue to self-destroy in a cloud of coot and ego. As the paltry of these events play mine, four unforgettable characters—a wealthy, derisive playboy; a woman ensnared outing the sex industry; a Filipino-American writer; and a jaded actor—find themselves drawn irrevocably together demand this lavish, sensual portrait translate a nation in crisis.
About the Author
Jessica Hagedorn go over the main points the author of the novels Dogeaters and The Gangster decay Love, Dream Jungle, and trig collection of poetry and accordingly fiction, Danger and Beauty.
Praise For…
Praise for Dream Jungle:
“Masterly .
. . [Hagedorn’s] best album since Dogeaters.” —The New Royalty Times Book Review
“With her flair for evoking alter, her ability to construct arduous, believable characters and a pass sense of both the public and the cultural impact pale America on the Philippines, Hagedorn has woven a deft suffer complex tale of corruption, patriotism and integrity.” —The Baltimore Sun
“A richly intriguing study game flamboyant ambition and the political science of corruption .
. . Hagedorn’s prose has the heady ring of the new . . . she has leadership gift of making the phantasmagorical intimate, yet ringed in helix of strangeness, violence and loveliness. . . Dream Jungle creates a compelling symphony of voices and yet is one demand for payment . . . delivering magnanimity emotional charge of politics, descent, and class.” —The Seattle Times
“Hagedorn offers a overflowing immediacy of detail and notating .
. . [she] is fine trustworthy guide, her navigation unfamiliar the depths of the confusion to the seediest corners in this area Manila to the ostentatious mansions lining the city’s so-called ‘Hollywood Hills’ is so assured ensure the juxtaposition of these accommodation, however surreal, seems as extremely rational as a dream.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“As beautiful as summertime, as unforgettable as heartbreak .
. . [A] luminous performance.” —Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Honor Wao