TY - BOOK AU - José, F. Sionil TI - Selected stories / SN - 9789715428019 AV - PR 9550.9 .S56 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Diliman, Quezon City PB - University of the Philippines Press KW - SHORT STORIES -- PHILIPPINES (ENGLISH) N1 - A note on the short story -- One. Riddle -- Two. The God stealer -- Three. Tong -- Four. Dama de Noche -- Five. Progress -- Six. Magic -- Seven. Gangrene -- Eight. Waywaya -- Nine. Of crabs and fish -- Ten. A walk with my grandson -- Eleven. Olvidon -- Twelve. Puppy love N2 - This book is the idea of my daughter Jette, who is also my superb editor. These twelve short stories are memorable to me because they are, in sense, so much a part of my personal experience. Writers write from their lives- this is axiomatic, not so much because their lives are ignited by adventure and romance ER -