Riverrun - by Danton Remoto (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Riverrun</i> is a novel that talks about the rite of passage in the life of a young gay man who grew up in a colorful and chaotic dictatorship. Shaped in the form of a memoir, it glides from childhood to young adulthood, from provincial barrio to cosmopolitan London. Its chapters are written like flash fiction, talk stories, and vignettes; interlaced with recipes, a feature article, poems, and vivid songs. <i>Riverrun </i>marks the global debut of one of Asia's best writers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>Riverrun: A Novel</i> is a swift, tender, sometimes rueful bildungsroman about a gay youth exploring the contours of his desires and the limits of his potential. The chapters traipse lightly but thoughtfully through episodes of a life, with glancing social commentary and heartfelt recollections of defining relationships." --Cyril Wong, Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize <p/> "However, what I enjoy most about this novel is the folklore and mythologies that Remoto weaves into his story. The family's housemaid, Ludy often narrates Filipino mythologies to little Danny during meal times." --Yang Ming, <i> Ink Pantry</i> <p/> "The fragmented structure gives Remoto the opportunity to employ a heightened sense of observation, giving each and every moment a sense of daily detail that coming of age writing rarely achieves. As one finishes this this welcome addition to the growing library of gay coming of age novels, one has the impression of having lived life alongside Danilo." --Kiran Bhat, <i>Asian Review of Books </i><br><br>"<i>Riverrun: A Novel</i> points to a new direction for South East Asian writing in English. It is intimately personal yet utterly political, the prose polished like marble, and his profound reflections are caught in memory's cold eye. This book will fly!" --Nick Joaquin, Winner, Ramon Magsaysay Award for Literature (Asia's Nobel Prize) National Artist for Literature, the Philippines<br><br>"Danton Remoto is an accomplished writer whose fiction is marked by elegant and intense language. I am also impressed with the social concern in his writing, wrought well in images so clear it is like seeing pebbles resting at the bottom of a pond." --Sir Stephen Spender, Winner of the Golden PEN Award, Appointed as United States Poet Laureate<br><br>"Danton Remoto is one of the Philippines' best writers." --<i>The Age of Melbourne </i><br><br>"Danton Remoto is such a wonderful writer. In <i>Riverrun: A Novel</i>, he writes about the tropical Catholic magic that saves and destroys." --Tiphanie Yanique, Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award and the Flaherty Dunnan Prize for the novel <i>Land of Love and Drowning</i><br><br>"I am a fan of the works of Danton Remoto." --Junot Diaz, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for the novel, <i> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</i><br><br>"I like the passion and the intensity in the fiction of Danton Remoto. Most importantly, I like the fact that he writes with heart--which is the only way to write." --Bienvenido N. Santos, Winner of the American Book Award for<i> Scent of Apples and Other Stories, </i> Winner of the South East Asia Write Award<br><br>"Set during the Marcos years, rich in childhood memories of local customs, myths and food. A compelling and entertaining coming-of-age memoir about a Filipino young man's discovery of his sexuality." --Suchen Christine Lim, Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize and the South East Asia Write Award<br><br>"The exquisite writings of Danton Remoto form part of the Philippines' new heart." --James Hamilton-Paterson, Winner of the Whitbread Award for the Novel, UK, author of the acclaimed novel, <i>Cooking with Fernet Branca </i><br><br>"The fiction of Danton Remoto is part of South East Asia's literature of dissent. He writes with clarity and compassion about growing up in a region that is in never-ending ferment." --<i>Asiaweek Magazine </i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Danton Remoto</b> is a Professor of Creative Writing and Head of School, English, at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. He was educated at Ateneo de Manila University, University of Stirling, University of the Philippines, and Rutgers University. He has received fellowships and honours from the Asian Scholarship Foundation, British Council, Fulbright Foundation, and the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature, among others. The Writers' Union of the Philippines gave him a National Achievement Award in Literature (Gawad Balagtas sa Panitikan) in 2015. He was a Fellow at the Cambridge Conference on Contemporary Literature at Downing College, Cambridge University and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College, Vermont. He has published a book of short fiction, three books of poems, and five books of non-fiction, all written originally in English. His body of work is cited in<i> The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English, The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literature</i>, and<i> The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature.</i>
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