Coleccion Andanzas: Ilustrado (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from georgekilsley

A promising book that ultimately could not carry the weight of its excessive hype. Loved it at the beginning, but by the end I was bored and skimming just to finish it.

from lazybee

Illustrado tells the story of Crispin Salvador, a Filipino writer who dies mysteriously in New York, and a student named Miguel who considered Crispin his mentor. Miguel sets out to write Crispin's biography, and returns home to the Philippines to find out more about Crispin's life and understand...

from josephdc22

Ilustrado is a novel by Miguel Syjuco. Honestly, I didn't understand the story very much. It's fragmented, and the author is very verbose. I only began to sort of grasp the whole unity of the novel when it was about to end. The twist in the ending reminded me of the twist in Sophie's World by Jos...

from Jannes

I really wanted to like it, and at times it shone brilliantly, but it also kept skidding out of control. The playful approach and varied voices are fun for a while, but a more restrained execution would probably have been more beneficial in the long run.

from heterotopic

I've been looking for a copy of this book ever since I heard of it and might have been seeing it around for a while, except that I've probably ignored it because of its cover. Anyway, to quote from the book: "After two weeks of conjecture, everyone was happy to forget the whole thing." This is ex...