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'GAPÔ
Book cover for Lualhati Bautista's 'GAPÔ.
AuthorLualhati Bautista
LanguageTagalog
GenreFiction
Published1988 (Carmelo & Bauermann)
Publication placePhilippines
Pages152
ISBN971-17-9025-4
OCLC21339374
LC ClassPL6058.9.B39 G3 1988

'GAPÔ is a 1988 Tagalog novel written by award-winning Filipino author Lualhati Bautista. Its complete title is 'GAPÔ at isang puting Pilipino, sa mundo ng mga Amerikanong kulay brown[1] which means "'Gapô and one white Filipino, in a world of brown Americans" in translation.[2] 'Gapô is an abbreviated form of the Philippine place name Olongapo.[2]

The novel is about the oppression by the Americans to The Filipinos, and the Pressure that the Americans gave to them.

Characters

  • Michael Taylor Jr.
  • Michael Taylor Sr.
  • Dolores
  • Magdalena
  • Steve
  • Alipio "Ali"
  • Igna
  • Richard Halloway
  • Modesto
  • Jun
  • William Smith
  • Irene
  • Willy
  • Johnson
  • Javier
  • Rosalie

See also

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