Bibliolepsy
by Gina Apostol
Narrated by Rachel Coates
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Pub Date Jan 04 2022 | Archive Date Jan 04 2022
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Description
Gina Apostol's debut novel, available for the first time in the US, tells of a young woman caught between a lifelong desire to escape into books and a real-world revolution.
It is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is growing by the day. But Primi Peregrino has her own priorities: tracking down books and pursuing romantic connections with their authors.
For Primi, the nascent revolution means that writers are gathering more often, and with greater urgency, so that every poetry reading she attends presents a veritable "Justice League" of authors for her to choose among. As the Marcos dictatorship stands poised to topple, Primi remains true to her fantasy: that she, "a vagabond from history, a runaway from time," can be saved by sex, love, and books.
A Note From the Publisher
Winner of the Philippine National Book Award
An ABA IndieNext Selection for January
Winner of the Philippine National Book Award
Advance Praise
“For all those who’ve wondered if there exists a female Roberto Bolaño—lusty, word-drunk, and ferociously committed to her milieu—here’s Gina Apostol!” —Sandi Tan, author of Lurkers
“Bibliolepsy, despite all the couplings and uncouplings, is not a love story, or at least not a typical love story involving a man or a woman. It is, as the title implies, about an obsessive, overpowering love of books . . . For those of us who have gotten down on our hands and knees to thoroughly search bargain book bins . . . we will find our fervor echoed in the character of pale, biblioleptic Primi, and find Bibliolepsy dizzyingly eloquent, slightly disturbing, but ultimately strangely comforting.” —Luis Katigbak, The Philippine Star
“Other people write tomes that would be better off as doorstops. In 160 pages, Gina Apostol serves up Manila in the eighties, swift, Swiftian, sexy, and sad.” —Danton Remoto, author of Riverrun
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781696607162 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| DURATION | 4 Hours, 47 Minutes |
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