Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din Explained

Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din ("Even Tundo Has a Heaven") is a 1960 Tagalog-language novel written by Filipino novelist Andres Cristobal Cruz. The novel was first serialized in 48 issues of Liwayway from June 22, 1959 to May 16, 1960^[1], and was then published in book form by the Ateneo de Manila University Press in 1986.

The novel involves love and romance occurring between individuals that residing in a poverty-stricken area in Tondo, Manila in the Philippines. The social background of the individuals produces a "dramatizing effect" in presenting the Philippine experience laid out in contemporary context and setting, giving the novel a similarity in style and theme to Philippine national hero Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere.^[2]

See also

• Canal de la Reina

Notes and References

1. Book: Almario, Virgilio . Virgilio S. Almario . Unang Siglo ng Nobela sa Filipinas . . 2009 . 978-9-712-72221-9 . Manila . 174 . tl . The First Century of the Novel in the Philippines . Ang Nobela ng Tao Bilang Biktima ng Kaligiran.
2. Web site: Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din ni Andres Cristobal Cruz. https://web.archive.org/web/20001025212128/http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/ateneo/mb550129x.html. usurped. October 25, 2000. Kabayancentral.com. 22 June 2011.