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Best known for the rich, detailed, and vast portrait of the last century of Philippine life in his so-called Rosales novels, including The Pretenders (1962), My Brother, My Execution (1978), and Po-on (1984; on the series, see WLT 62:1, pp. 82-84), F. Sionil Jose presents in Three Filipino Women three novellas that are strikingly similar in theme, character, and construction. Each tells the story of a strong and beautiful yet troubled and flawed young woman, and each is recounted by a weaker, problematic, and even more flawed male intimate....