tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post2387858173323785536..comments2023-06-07T07:36:29.060-05:00Comments on Lily Pad: On Gilda Cordero FernandoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-88766375273913738132010-10-30T15:55:26.994-05:002010-10-30T15:55:26.994-05:00I am fine, thank you, despite the roil of surreal ...I am fine, thank you, despite the roil of surreal dreams afflicting my dawn sleep, ever since I removed political strictures from my mind. <br /><br />The subplot in People In The War that resonated with me was how the neighborhood planted even on the smallest strip of land to stave off starvation. <br /><br />My late mother used to tell LOTS of stories about the war and I seem to have been the only one in the family who listened. <br /><br />But isn't Gilda truly a wonderful writer?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-6995772811208744432010-10-30T15:46:40.463-05:002010-10-30T15:46:40.463-05:00Hi, N.
Like you, I read Gilda's People in the ...Hi, N.<br />Like you, I read Gilda's People in the War when I was in university. I cannot ever forget the act of that mother who had to stifle (unto death) a cry of her infant so they would not be caught by the invading Japanese kempetai. she is,indeed, one of the very best fictionist I have ever read.<br /><br />Kumusta ka na?<br /><br />ALBERTALBERT B. CASUGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403297362821170299noreply@blogger.com