Ang Mananayaw
By Rosauro Almario
Cover: La vendedora de lanzones (1875), oil on canvas by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo (1855-1913) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Pati is a dancer of Manila's dance halls, Sawî a shy student from the provinces and Tamád an idler who hunts the bird that Pati has marked for her net. Told in a few brisk chapters and an ending on a stormy night, the short novel follows the three through money, desire and revenge. By Rosauro Almario, from the Aklatang Bayan series.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.