472 pp. May 1997
paper, ISBN 978-0-8248-1917-0, $8.00
cloth, ISBN 978-0-8248-1916-3, $49.00
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Noli Me Tangere
by Jose Rizal
ed. by Raul L. Locsin
trans. by Soledad Lacson-Locsin
Library of Translations
School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai‘i
“A huge advance over previous translations, handsomely laid out and with enough footnotes to be helpful without being pettifogging. . . . There are few prophets who are honoured in their own country, and José Rizal is among them. But the condition of this honour has for decades been his unavailability. Mrs. Lacson-Locsin has changed this by giving the great man back his sad and seditious laughter. And it is badly needed.” —London Review of Books
Noli Me Tangere is Latin for “touch me not.” In this modern classic of Filipino literature, José Rizal exposes “matters . . . so delicate that they cannot be touched by anybody,” unfolding an epic history of the Philippines that has made it that country's most influential political novel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, completed Noli Me Tangere in Spanish in 1887 while he was studying in Europe. Rizal continued to write, completing a second novel and many other poems and essays, until he was executed by firing squad in 1896. Since then, Noli Me Tangere has appeared in French, Chinese, German and Philippine languages. Two other English translations have made Noli Me Tangere accessible, but Lacson-Locsin’s new translation offered here is the first to work from facsimile editions of the manuscripts and to restore significant sections of the original text. The result is the most authoritative and faithful English translation to date. For sale only in North America
Special Offer for Non-Retail Accounts: Receive a free paperback copy of Noli Me Tangere when you purchase a paperback copy of El Filibusterismo and mention code “RIZAL” when ordering. Ships as a set at no additional cost.
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