Was she the same crab-walking girl that Jack saw in the hotel corridor? If yes, why was she haunting him? The girl was naked, had no sign of any injury or violation on her body, and a scent of flowers seemed to emanate from her. Yet the reference to Plato's cave was not lost.įrom its first surreal sentence ("The vision-a crab on a string being walked by a naked girl-occurred in deep-hotel corridor twilight and moreover when he, Jack Henson, was feeling himself in a swoon.") the novel was propelled by the mysterious death of a girl found in a cave that was practically sealed from the outside. His second novel, Cave and Shadows, dealt with a literal cave and some metaphorical shadows. He was, as he wrote in his dedication, a "man who has two novels," alluding to his first novel, The Woman Who Had Two Navels. His significant contribution to Philippine literature in English led to his conferment of the title National Artist for Literature. Nick Joaquín was a novelist, poet, dramatist, historian, journalist, and biographer. In his books characters are seized by visions, the faithless become converts, and the faithful turn into seers. The most mystical Filipino writer is probably Nick Joaquín (1917-2004).
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