''Dream Jungle'' is a novel by

Jessica Hagedorn Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (born 1949) is an American playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist. Biography Hagedorn is an American of mixed descent. She was born in Manila to a Scots-Irish-French-Filipino mother and a Spanish Fi ...

, a Filipino American author. The book was published in 2003 by Penguin Viking press.

Description

The book is set in the Philippines in the 1970s. The plot follows Rizalina, a young Filipina girl, and revolves around two events: the purported discovery of a fictionalized stone-age "lost tribe" by a rich, privileged Westerner, and the filming of an extravagant and over-budget Vietnam War film, reminiscent of Apocalypse Now.

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Novels by Jessica Hagedorn 2003 American novels Novels set in the Philippines Novels set in the 1970s {{AsianAmerican-stub