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When Ibarra becomes I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emplicated in a fake insurrection and is forced to leave \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etown, he begins to question whether or not his dream \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof a more progressive Philippines can be achieved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethrough peaceful reforms or bloody revolution. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough Ibarra's struggle to uplift his countrymen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJose Rizal reveals the sufferings of Filipinos against \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe oppressive hand of the Spanish regime-which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eultimately led to Rizal's execution and the birth of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhilippine nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeon Ma. Guerrero\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1915-1982) was an esteemed statesman and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewriter. During the Magsaysay administration, Guerrero was appointed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUndersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and would later in his retirement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebe awarded the Gawad Mabini for his career of distinguished foreign \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eservice. As a writer, he has to his name, among others, translations of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRizal's classics, as well as the definitive Rizal biography, The First Filipino.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philippine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665985356068,"sku":"PB-10210","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/3794\/3588\/files\/Jose_Rizal_s_Noli_Me_Tangere_by_Leon_Ma._Guerrero.jpg?v=1777498603"},{"product_id":"my-sad-republic-a-novel","title":"My Sad Republic: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Philippine Centennial Literary Award in 1998 and first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epublished in 2000, My Sad Republic is a story of love and loss, obsession \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand revolution. Set against the epic backdrop of the Spanish-American War \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the subsequent war between the United States and the Philippines, it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis loosely based on the life of Dionisio Magbuelas, also known as Isio, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pope.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of several leaders of millenarian movements across the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003earchipelago, he rose to legend during a time of immense social and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecultural change in the country, where the Spaniards had kept many islands \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the spell of sixteenth-century superstition. 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