Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din

Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din

Author	Andres Cristobal Cruz
Language	Tagalog
Genre	Romance
Publisher	Liwayway Ateneo de Manila University Press
Publication date	Serialized: June 22, 1959–May 16, 1960 Book: 1986
Publication place	Philippines
Media type	Print
Pages	360
ISBN	978-9-715-50538-3

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, ^[1] and was then published in book form by the Ateneo de Manila University Press in 1986.

The novel involves love and romance occurring between individuals that residing in a poverty-stricken area in Tondo, Manila in the Philippines. 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's Noli Me Tangere . ^[2]

See also

• Canal de la Reina

References

1. Almario, Virgilio (2009). "Ang Nobela ng Tao Bilang Biktima ng Kaligiran". Unang Siglo ng Nobela sa Filipinas[The First Century of the Novel in the Philippines] (in Tagalog). Manila: Anvil Publishing, Inc. p. 174. ISBN   978-9-712-72221-9.
2. "Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din ni Andres Cristobal Cruz". Kabayancentral.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2011.