Touch Me Not (1887) is a novel by Jose Rizal. Published in Berlin, the novel was originally conceived as a collaborative project to be written by a group of Filipino nationalist writers living in Madrid. Disappointed in his comrades' lack of engagement, however, Rizal wrote the novel alone, blending aspects of his own life story with his critique of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines. Banned by Spanish authorities, the novel was smuggled into his home country, where it quickly galvanized Rizal's fellow nationalists in opposition to the Spanish Empire. Returning home to Laguna province after seven years in Europe, Crisostomo Ibarra, a young mestizo man, attempts to pick up the pieces following the death of his father. Noticing some hostility from Padre Damaso, a local curate who had long been a friend of his family, Crisostomo soon learns that his father's death may not have been an accident after all. Focusing on his goal of building a school for the local children, Crisostomo longs to do justice to Don Rafael Ibarra's legacy. When he goes to visit his grave, however, he is told by the groundskeeper that his father's body was moved to a local Chinese burial ground following an order by Padre Damaso. As the story unfolds, a vast web of conspiracy involving Spanish authorities and Filipino revolutionaries threatens Crisostomo's life while testing the limits of his loyalty to family and nation alike. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jose Rizal's Touch Me Not is a classic work of Filipino literature reimagined for modern readers.

Touch Me Not (1887) is a novel by Jose Rizal. Published in Berlin, the novel was originally conceived as a collaborative project to be written by a group of Filipino nationalist writers living in Madrid. Disappointed in his comrades' lack of engagement, however, Rizal wrote the novel alone, blending aspects of his own life story with his critique of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines. Banned by Spanish authorities, the novel was smuggled into his home country, where it quickly galvanized Rizal's fellow nationalists in opposition to the Spanish Empire. Returning home to Laguna province after seven years in Europe, Crisostomo Ibarra, a young mestizo man, attempts to pick up the pieces following the death of his father. Noticing some hostility from Padre Damaso, a local curate who had long been a friend of his family, Crisostomo soon learns that his father's death may not have been an accident after all. Focusing on his goal of building a school for the local children, Crisostomo longs to do justice to Don Rafael Ibarra's legacy. When he goes to visit his grave, however, he is told by the groundskeeper that his father's body was moved to a local Chinese burial ground following an order by Padre Damaso. As the story unfolds, a vast web of conspiracy involving Spanish authorities and Filipino revolutionaries threatens Crisostomo's life while testing the limits of his loyalty to family and nation alike. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jose Rizal's Touch Me Not is a classic work of Filipino literature reimagined for modern readers.

The Reign of Greed (1891) is a novel by Jose Rizal. Published in Belgium, the novel was a sequel to Touch Me Not (1887), both of which were written in Spanish. Blending aspects of his own life story with his critique of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines, Rizal continues the journey of Crisostomo Ibarra from centrist reformer to revolutionary leader. Banned by Spanish authorities, the novel was smuggled into his home country, where it quickly galvanized Rizal's fellow nationalists in opposition to the Spanish Empire. Despite his attempts to reform the local government of his native San Diego, Ibarra is placed in prison on false charges of rebellion. Forced to escape or face execution, he chooses the former. When a firefight with authorities leaves his comrade Elias dead, he manages to make his way out of the country. Thirteen years later, by now presumed dead by friends and foes alike, he returns to the Philippines as Simoun, a shadowy jeweler. Moving in secret, he begins spreading his anti-imperial message among the local people while gathering the weapons and supplies he will need to overthrow the government. Before he can carry out his plan, however, he must rescue his love Maria Clara from confinement. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jose Rizal's The Reign of Greed is a classic work of Filipino literature reimagined for modern readers.

The Reign of Greed (1891) is a novel by Jose Rizal. Published in Belgium, the novel was a sequel to Touch Me Not (1887), both of which were written in Spanish. Blending aspects of his own life story with his critique of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines, Rizal continues the journey of Crisostomo Ibarra from centrist reformer to revolutionary leader. Banned by Spanish authorities, the novel was smuggled into his home country, where it quickly galvanized Rizal's fellow nationalists in opposition to the Spanish Empire. Despite his attempts to reform the local government of his native San Diego, Ibarra is placed in prison on false charges of rebellion. Forced to escape or face execution, he chooses the former. When a firefight with authorities leaves his comrade Elias dead, he manages to make his way out of the country. Thirteen years later, by now presumed dead by friends and foes alike, he returns to the Philippines as Simoun, a shadowy jeweler. Moving in secret, he begins spreading his anti-imperial message among the local people while gathering the weapons and supplies he will need to overthrow the government. Before he can carry out his plan, however, he must rescue his love Maria Clara from confinement. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jose Rizal's The Reign of Greed is a classic work of Filipino literature reimagined for modern readers.

El consejo de los dioses refleja las convicciones de Rizal sobre el hispanismo. La obra dramatica de Rizal se limita a dos obras teatrales, cada una de un acto que comprende una presentacion de mas o menos treinta minutos. Fueron escritas cuando el autor tenia diecinueve y estudiaba en la Universidad de Santo Tomas. Consejo de los dioses, escrita el abril de 1880, gano el primer premio en el concurso patrocinado por el Liceo Artistico de Manila. El texto tiene sus raices en la educacion clasica recibida por Rizal de los jesuitas del antiguo Ateneo Municipal;mezcla personajes de la mitologia griega junto a Cervantes como tema de polemica de los dioses. Consejo de los dioses expresa el amor de Rizal hacia la Hispanidad, y muestra al hispanismo como solucion de nuestros males.

Jose Rizal fue el padre de la independencia de Filipinas. Su obra poetica tiene un marcado interes en el mejoramiento humano y en la reflexion politica. Confinado en Fuerte Santiago, en Manila, Rizal escribio al termino de su vida el poema Mi ultimo adios. Se trata de un texto que sobrecoge por su entereza y la sensacion que transmite el autor de que un destino intimo y transcendental por igual lo rige en la hora de la muerte.

Este texto aparecio en el periodico La Solidaridad, que editaba Jose Rizal en Barcelona a finales del siglo XIX. Su reflexion sobre los principios fundantes del colonialismo y sobre las fuerzas enfrentadas en los procesos de emancipacion social resulta valida, a su vez, para entender como se formaron las conciencias nacionales de las colonias espanolas de America y Asia y el papel que jugaron en estos movimientos el clero y la burguesia liberal.

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (19 de junio de 1861, Calamba-30 de diciembre de 1896, Manila), fue patriota, medico y hombre de letras inspirador del nacionalismo de su pais. Rizal era hijo de un prospero propietario de plantaciones azucareras de origen chino. Su madre, Teodora Alonso, fue una de las mujeres mas cultas de su epoca. La formacion de Jose Rizal transcurrio en el Ateneo de Manila, la Universidad de Santo Tomas de Manila y la de Madrid, donde estudio medicina. Mas tarde estudio en Paris y Heidelberg. Noli me Tangere, su primera novela, fue publicada en 1886, seguida de El Filibusterismo, en 1891. Por entonces edito en Barcelona el periodico La Solidaridad en el que postulo sus tesis politicas Pese a las advertencias de sus amigos, Rizal decidio regresar a su pais en 1892. Alli encabezo un movimiento de cambio no violento de la sociedad que fue llamado La Liga Filipina. Deportado a una isla al sur de Filipinas, fue acusado de sedicion en 1896 y ejecutado en publico en Manila.

Esta antologia comprende las dos obras de teatro de que Rizal escribio (Junto al Pasig y El consejo de los Dioses) y una seleccion de sus mejores poemas.

Noli Me Tangere es el texto ms clebre de Jos Rizal. Rizal escribi su novela sobre la sociedad de Filipinas en el siglo XIX en medio de su actividad poltica, y pretendi denunciar los desmanes del gobierno espaol y sus instituciones religiosas a travs de un relato en el que comparecen las clases sociales imperantes, el amor y la reflexin histrica. Noli Me Tangere is the most celebrated work of Jos Rizal. The novel presents Philippine society in the 19th century, and was written while Rizal was engaged in his political activities, working to free the Pacific island nation from the Spanish empire. The book was written to denounce the abuses of the Spanish colonial government and its religious institutions. The story portrays the ruling social classes, through love affairs and reflections on historical realities.

Filipinas dentro de cien anos vaticina el rechazo de los filipinos a la posibilidad de caer bajo soberania americana.

Noli Me Tangere es el texto mas celebre de Jose Rizal. Rizal escribio su novela sobre la sociedad de Filipinas en el siglo XIX en medio de su actividad politica, y pretendio denunciar los desmanes del gobierno espanol y sus instituciones religiosas a traves de un relato en el que comparecen las clases sociales imperantes, el amor y la reflexion historica.

Junto al Pasig, expresa las profecias de Rizal acerca de una Filipinas esclava de los poderes imperialistas. La obra dramatica de Rizal se limita a dos obras teatrales, cada una de un acto que comprende una presentacion de mas o menos treinta minutos. Fueron escritas cuando el autor tenia diecinueve y estudiaba en la Universidad de Santo Tomas. Junto al Pasig esta escrita en el tradicional romance de octosilabos, propio del Siglo de Oro.

In more than a century since its appearance, Jos? Rizal's "Noli Me Tangere" has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, ?The Noli, ? as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience?and martyr?for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province. BACKCOVER: A beautiful new translation... Rizal's rich, moving novel...[is] perhaps the most important novel in Philippine literature.
?Jessica Hagedorn