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In The Claws Of Brightness
''In the Claws of Brightness'' (Filipino: ''Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag''), is a 1986 Tagalog language novel written by Filipino author Edgardo M. Reyes, originally serialized in ''Liwayway'' magazine from 1966 to 1967. The title ''In the Claws of Brightness'' is a word-for-word literal translation of the Tagalog title, which as a phrase effectively makes little sense in English. A more practical English translation would be ''At the Verge of Dawn''. The story became the basis for the award-winning Filipino film, ''Manila in the Claws of Light''. Summary Julio, a poor fisherman, goes to Manila to search for his betrothed named Ligaya. Sometime before Julio's trip, Ligaya had left with a lady named Mrs. Cruz in order to study and work in the city. Now in Manila, Julio becomes a victim to some of the city's scums. Julio experiences abuses while working in a construction site. He eventually loses his job and desperately looks for a decent place where he can sleep. Slowly, Julio develops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgardo M
Edgardo is an Italian-language form of the name Edgar. It may refer to: *Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-Palestinian football midfielder *Edgardo Adinolfi (born 1974), Uruguayan football player *Edgardo Alfonzo (born 1973), former Major League Baseball infielder *Cristian Edgardo Álvarez (born 1978), Salvadoran footballer *Edgardo Andrada (born 1939), retired professional Argentine footballer *Edgardo Angara (1934–2018), politician in the Philippines *Juan Edgardo Angara (born 1972), Filipino politician and lawyer *Edgardo Arasa, former Argentine footballer *Edgardo Baldi (born 1944), former Uruguayan football player and manager *Edgardo Bauza (born 1958), retired Argentine football defender *Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia (1921–2004), Panamanian politician, diplomatist and lawyer * Edgardo Brittes (born 1982), Argentine footballer *Edgardo Chatto (born 1960), Filipino politician *Edgardo Codesal, Uruguayan-Mexican football (soccer) referee *Edgardo Coghlan (1928–199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 In Film
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events *March 26: The film version of The Who's ''Tommy'' premieres in London. *May: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, ''Star Wars'', George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic. *June 20: ''Jaws'' is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of all-time and the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagalog-language Novels
Tagalog (, ; ; ''Baybayin'': ) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named ''Filipino'', is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages, alongside English. Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, Ilocano, the Bisayan languages, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages, such as the Formosan languages of Taiwan, Indonesian, Malay, Hawaiian, Māori, and Malagasy. Classification Tagalog is a Central Philippine language within the Austronesian language family. Being Malayo-Polynesian, it is related to other Austronesian languages, such as Malagasy, Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, Tetum (of Timor), and Yami (of Taiwan). It is closely related to the languages spoken in the Bico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
