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Literature from the Philippines
Curtain up for book titles ready for promising translations! Our pitching sessions aim at connecting key partners of translation projects: Publishers in the region Asia-Pacific and in German speaking countries as well as translators. Just browse through book titles that have been pitched in one of our sessions – and find a match for your publishing program. We are happy to provide you with more details and to connect you.
Literature from the Philippines
Curtain up for book titles ready for promising translations! Our pitching sessions aim at connecting key partners of translation projects: Publishers in the region Asia-Pacific and in German speaking countries as well as translators. Just browse through book titles that have been pitched in one of our sessions – and find a match for your publishing program. We are happy to provide you with more details and to connect you.
Literature from the Philippines
Curtain up for book titles ready for promising translations! Our pitching sessions aim at connecting key partners of translation projects: Publishers in the region Asia-Pacific and in German speaking countries as well as translators. Just browse through book titles that have been pitched in one of our sessions – and find a match for your publishing program. We are happy to provide you with more details and to connect you.
Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer
by : Wilfredo Liangco
2022
Milflores Publishing
Description
About the author:
Dr. Wilfredo Liangco is a medical oncologist who obtained his medical degree at the UP College of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and medical oncology at the Philippine General Hospital. This first book is a finalist for the 41st National Book Awards (to be awarded in 2024) and the Madrigal-Gonzalez first book award for 2023. He joined the Bienvenido N Santos Creative Writing Center and has participated in the 1st Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop on Pathography: Writing the Pandemic.
About the book:
Title: Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer
Nonfiction
Pages: 300
ISBN: 978-971-828-121-5
Publisher: Milflores Publishing
Year of publication: 2022
Rights available: World rights
Arabic language rights sold.
Awards: 41st Philippine National Book Awards finalist, Creative Nonfiction in English and University of the Philippines Madrigal-Gonzalez First Book Awards
Original language: English
A blunt, hilarious--and heartbreaking--collection of essays, Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer, is a candid and hysterical account of the realities of life in and out of the Philippine General Hospital. Based on his years of training as a medical intern and oncology fellow, the collection details sleepless nights, late stipends, and life-and-death decisions in the context of the imperfect Philippine healthcare system.
Comp title: Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt; Oliver Sack's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
For further information please contact:
Andrea Pasion-Flores
Publisher Milflores
Mobile: +09175373876
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: Milflores Publishing
