''Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din'' ("Even
Tundo Has a Heaven") is a 1960
Tagalog-language novel written by Filipino novelist Andres Cristobal Cruz. The novel was first serialized in 48 issues of ''Liwayway'' from June 22, 1959 to May 16, 1960,
and was then published in book form by the
Ateneo de Manila University Press
The Ateneo de Manila University Press is a university press and the official publishing house of Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines
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in 1986.
The novel involves love and romance occurring between individuals that residing in a poverty-stricken area in
Tondo, Manila
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in the
Philippines
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. The social background of the individuals produces a "dramatizing effect" in presenting the Philippine experience laid out in contemporary context and setting, giving the novel a similarity in style and theme to Philippine national hero
Jose Rizal
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph.
Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods
* Jose ben Abin
* Jose ben Akabya
*Jose the Galilean
* Jose ben Halaft ...
's ''
Noli Me Tangere
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''.
See also
*
Canal de la Reina
References
1986 novels
Philippine novels
Philippine romance novels
Philippine political novels
Tagalog-language novels
Novels set in Manila
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