“The Summer Solstice” by Nick Joaquin introduces the main character, Doña Lupeng, in the Spanish colonial period. Doña Lupeng starts out as the typical woman of her time.

THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John's Day with the children's grandfather, whose feast day it ... In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, ... "How long you have slept, Mama!"

National Artist Nick Joaquin may have been the first to bring the Tadtarin to general attention. ... Not on June 21 (the summer solstice) or on June 24 (the feast of St. John), but on two other

In his short story 'The Summer Solstice,' set in the 1850s, Joaquin portrayed the collision between instincts and refined culture. ... Nick Joaquin was born in Paco on Calle Herran, as the the son

Alejandro Roces writes about The Tadtarin, which was featured in Nick Joaquin's Summer Solstice.

Joaquin’s sister, Tina Joaquin-Erum, said the cause of death was cardiac arrest. ... "Summer Solstice" recently was adapted into a movie by filmmaker Tikoy Aguiluz.

and when i imagine nick joaquin, ... summer solstice reveals the complexity of joaquin's writing: in one stroke, he covers topics ranging from women subjugation to feminism, form sexual slavery

Summer Solstice play (Tatarin)by Nick Joaquin: Kikay & Rosa ... 3. Nick Joaquin's Selected Stories: Three Generations, May Day Eve, Summer Solstice, Difficulties of a Diplomat.

Nick Joaquin More at IMDbPro » ... IMDb > Nick Joaquin ... Tatarin (2001) (short story "The Summer Solstice") ;

BIOGRAPHY of Nick Joaquin ... Nick Joaquin was born in the old district of Paco in Manila, Philippines, on September 15, 1917, the feast day of Saint Nicomedes, a protomartyr of Rome, after whom he