Drawing from the Philippines’ colonial history, its mythology, and several of its languages, Castillo charges with breathtaking confidence into the multilingual future of her form. This is a hilarious, bawdy, bear hug of a novel. If you’ve been sipping frustratedly from the tepid bubbler of literature thirsty for a big drink of a tale, look no further. Elaine Castillo’s debut novel, America Is Not the Heart, spans a century in the lives of two families from the Philippines-one rich, one poor-who wind up entwined in Milpitas, California, at the turn of the millennium.
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