Mga Ibong Mandaragit Summaries|Buod|Notes|Analysis

I wonder how they published the novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit. It looks as if they’re using some really old plates, because some of the letters are missing the top portion (ascenders, are they?).

For example, it’s hard to tell (unless your Filipino vocabulary is quite good) whether a world contains an “l”, “h”, “n”, or “t.”

But anyway, we will persevere and patiently leaf through the Tagalog or Filipino dictionary. With this exercise, not only will we expand our Filipino vocab, we’ll also learn something about ourselves. Sali na!

The novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit costs P250, and you can get it from National Book Store. They have a sister company called Bestsellers (?), but you can pay for that in cash only because the item is “not yet in their system.”

If you prefer to pay via credit card, then please get it in the regular branches of NBS.

After reading all the recent reactions to Mga Ibong Mandaragit, I’ve decided to get a copy of Mga Ibong Mandaragit. I know I had a copy of it lying somewhere around the house, but perhaps my sister borrowed it.

Anyway, I’m too excited to get this web project going, so instead of bugging my sister and waiting for her to get the book back to me, I’ve decided to just get a copy of Amado V. Hernandez’ novel at National Book Store.

I’ve been reading about how a couple of intelligent, fluent-in-Tagalog people have had a hard time understanding the novel, so please wish me luck in this endeavor.