Description
Call centre agents and migrant workers, soldiers and charity workers, fresh university graduates and street children - they all navigate the myriad of avenues in which their desires are entangled within the Philippines' harsh and unforgiving conditions of migration and labour in Rogelio Braga's collection of stories, Is There Rush Hour in A Third World Country? Now translated by Kristine Ong Muslim into English, the collection offers a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Filipinos, told amidst coup d'etats, active conflict areas, late-night convenience stores rendezvous, and bumper-to-bumper Manila traffic, given a considered dignity and nuance by one of the Philippines' celebrated playwrights.
About the Author
Rogelio Braga is an exiled playwright, novelist, essayist, and political activist from the Philippines. They published two novels, a collection of short stories, and a book of plays before they left the archipelago in 2018. Miss Philippines, their first play written entirely in the English language, is under development commissioned by the New Earth Theatre. Braga currently lives and writes in London as a refugee under the Convention.
Book Information
ISBN 9781739954741
Author Rogelio Braga
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint The 87 Press
Publisher The 87 Press