A BOOK REVIEW:
A DEAFENING SILENCE?:
THE MUTE ECHOING BACK
THE SOLEMN LANTERN MAKER
Merlinda Bobis New South Wales, Australia:
Murdoch Books Pty. Ltd.
2008, 207 pages ISBN: 9781741960785
. Reviewed by Judith Balares Salamat·
"Batang-bata ka pa at marami ka panglKailangang malaman at intindihin sa mundo/Van ang totoolNagkakamali ka kung akala rno nalAng buhay ay isangmumunting paraiso lamang."
Dr. Judith Balares Salam at, M.A. <[email protected]>
+639192979337 is an Associate Professor at the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College (CSSAC), Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines, teaching Literature, English, and Journalism. Her avocation is writing poetry and creative nonfiction.er Master's Degree in Instructional Technology at Ohio University- USA.
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Volume 9, Number 1, July 2009:88-98know nothing of the reality around them. Their experiences will tell these adults the truth and somehow convince them to realize if, to use the words of the writer, "anguish can be made bearable and injustice can be overturned" (Bobis, home website).
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