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A review by santino1215
A Question of Heroes by Nick Joaquín
dark
inspiring
sad
tense
5.0
Book 1 out of 200 Books (currently reading up to 200 books)
"A Question of Heroes" by Nick Joaquin
I wanted to take a break from reading books because I do feel tired so let me start this kind of challenge by rating the books that I Have read, ever since I started reading in the Year 2019.
"A Question of Heroes" follows a series of essays and other writings by Nick Joaquin, that tackles about the Questioning or the wondering of heroes of the Philippines at all.
From wondering what the nationality or blood compactness of Father Jose Burgos, one of the three priests martyred in Bagumbayan in the year 1872, to the Political quagmire that Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was facing in the midst of a wartime crisis between 1899- 1901.
This book, as I wanted to rate this 3 or 4 stars, though because of its importance, I shall give it 5 stars. This book was difficult to devour, devour because all I ever wanted was to actually corroborate the information that I have on on our national heroes, as Filipinos. The tragic events of Philippine history would eventually be modeled and continued by present day Filipinos if they continue to repeat the mistakes of the past.
I wanted to express my gratitude to Nick Joaquin for writing this behemoth of a prose of a book. It would have taken years just so corroboration of historical facts yield to new discoveries in our history as Filipinos. The prose was straightforward and easily understandable for a history book. I was surprised at first that is because this book doesn't have citations and an index for other books and references but that is alright for me as an ordinary reader. Nick Joaquin's Picturesque of describing events in this book is so lugubrious yet delightful you could mistake this book's essays as novels if you haven't an ounce of context of what this book really is about.
This book should be read by Filipino students who love and gave their time to learning History and this book does serve as a Preamble to the convoluted world, understanding, studying and writing of Philippine History.
"A Question of Heroes" by Nick Joaquin
I wanted to take a break from reading books because I do feel tired so let me start this kind of challenge by rating the books that I Have read, ever since I started reading in the Year 2019.
"A Question of Heroes" follows a series of essays and other writings by Nick Joaquin, that tackles about the Questioning or the wondering of heroes of the Philippines at all.
From wondering what the nationality or blood compactness of Father Jose Burgos, one of the three priests martyred in Bagumbayan in the year 1872, to the Political quagmire that Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was facing in the midst of a wartime crisis between 1899- 1901.
This book, as I wanted to rate this 3 or 4 stars, though because of its importance, I shall give it 5 stars. This book was difficult to devour, devour because all I ever wanted was to actually corroborate the information that I have on on our national heroes, as Filipinos. The tragic events of Philippine history would eventually be modeled and continued by present day Filipinos if they continue to repeat the mistakes of the past.
I wanted to express my gratitude to Nick Joaquin for writing this behemoth of a prose of a book. It would have taken years just so corroboration of historical facts yield to new discoveries in our history as Filipinos. The prose was straightforward and easily understandable for a history book. I was surprised at first that is because this book doesn't have citations and an index for other books and references but that is alright for me as an ordinary reader. Nick Joaquin's Picturesque of describing events in this book is so lugubrious yet delightful you could mistake this book's essays as novels if you haven't an ounce of context of what this book really is about.
This book should be read by Filipino students who love and gave their time to learning History and this book does serve as a Preamble to the convoluted world, understanding, studying and writing of Philippine History.