Edgar Calabia Samar. Halos Isang Buhay: Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2012. 200 pages.

• Main Author: Salazar, Jaime Oscar M.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol5/iss2/10; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1163/viewcontent/PAHA_205.2_2010_20Book_20reviews_20__20Salazar.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Excerpt: In the wake of his Sa Kasunod ng 909 (2012), Edgar Calabia Samar decided to bring his energies to bear on a different sort of enterprise guided by the following questions: Over the course of developing the novel, who were his sources and influences? On what history had he sought to draw as...