Cebu Hotels Travel - I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu
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List Price: $18.95
Cebu Hotels Travel Price: $18.95
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Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780595279555
ISBN: 0595279554
Label: iUniverse, Inc.
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 231
Publication Date: 2003-07-07
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Release Date: 2003-07-07
Studio: iUniverse, Inc.
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Editorial Reviews:
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George Estrada's first book adds a whimsical new voice to the Asian American literature. I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu takes readers on a star-crossed journey through the Philippines in search of his roots, the perfect love and the meaning of it all.His quest to win the heart of Liza, a beautiful, young woman he meets on the Internet, turns into a descent into delirium as Estrada tries to reconcile his Philippine passions and his Western mind.In the hilarious and sometimes painful flashback sequences, the author recounts his experiences as a journalist with The Oakland Tribune, a doctoral student at the University of Texas and a professor at Humboldt State University in Northern California. Now he needs to put all that intellectual training behind him and "go native" to win the woman of his dreams. The bittersweet ending will amaze and astound you.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book
Comment: A wonderful perspective by fil-am returning to the Phils. I read this book in one sitting. I want to return to Cebu and again eat those truly amazing mangoes. :-)
Customer Rating:
Summary: I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu
Comment: I am about ready to retire and have been doing background research on the possiblity of moving to the Philippines. On a website recently someone recommended this book as a way to begin to understand some of the Filipino mindset.
This is an interesting book about a single man's efforts to "return to his roots" in the Philippines. The story, which at times is somewhat niave, does document the author's efforts to fall in love with a mail order bride.
The book does give one a sense of the culture and of, I believe, the innocents of the sometimes Philippine "hustle". I recomend this book if one has any interest in the culture and of the people, both in the Philippines and those in the USA.
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Summary: Had to buy a second...
Comment: Ok this book will never make the NY Time Best Sellers List, but for any Kano who has ever met his mate in Ceby this is a great read, or for that matter anyone considering a visit there.
My Brother married a girl there some years ago and late last year I married here sister. We just happened to stay at Eddie's every time we go there. Well we just got back from a visit to my Brother's and we accidently left the book there. He refuses to return it.
Now I have to buy another becuase the book I bought my wife he refueses to return.
George, tell me the Guard at Eddie's in the book was really Tasio?
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Summary: Very cool book about the FIlipino American experience!
Comment: This book has it all, from bittersweet romance, to international intrigue. You will learn a lot about the author's experience as a journalist, a professor and the forbidden woman in the Philippines he desperately loves. Highly recommended. You will be intrigued from cover to cover. Napagandang storya talaga!
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