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THE AUTHOR Haruki Murakami  was born in Kyoto, Japan, on January 12, 1949. After attending college in Waseda University on 1973, Murakami ran a humble jazz bar for seven years with his wife. Hear the Wind Sing, his first novel,  won the Gunzou Literature Prize for budding writers in 1979. His success erupted with two sequels,   Pinball, 1973   and   A Wild Sheep Chase , which all together form “The Trilogy of the Rat.” Murakami is also the author of the novels:  Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ;  Norwegian Wood ;  Dance Dance Dance ;  South of the Border ,  West of the Sun; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; Sputnik Sweetheart ;  Kafka on the Shore ;  After Dark ;  1Q84 ; and  Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage . He has written three short story collections:  The Elephant Vanishes ;  After the Quake ; and  Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman ; and an illustrated novella,  The Strange Library . Moreover, he has also written works of nonfiction. In fact, he

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About the Author Paz Marquez Benitez (1894-1983) was among the first generation of Filipinos taught under the American education system with English as the medium of instruction. She graduated at the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She was the author of the first Filipino modern English - language short story, Dead Stars .  Background Dead Stars depicts the conflict of forbidden love between a man and two women. It portrays the struggles in decision-making of a man, torn between doing the right thing, and following his desires. In this story,  Dead Stars was used as a metaphor which means "memories of the past," for even though we see the glimmering and shining stars in the sky at night, truth be told, we can only see the remains of a long dead star, billions and light years away. The stars may give us a feeling of longing and comfort, but soon after, we realize how it has already vanished into existence. Such is the pain of love, which is

Tanaga and Dalit Tanaga Ako'y nakalimot na Ngunit nang makita ka, Kumirot and dibdib ko Wala na palang tayo. Dalit Mula lupa ang papuri, Naguumapaw sa Langit. Ama, ako'y iyong dinggin Hiling ko'y sana'y tuparin.

About the Author Graciano Lopez Jaena (1956-1896) was an orator and was among the great heroes who gave birth to the propaganda movement to change the colonial status of the Philippines. Because of his affiliations with the poorest citizens of the country, he became aware of the unjust social dilemma and corrupted religious power of the prayle  during the Spanish colonial era. As a result, he created  Fray Botod at a young age of 18. It is a satirical work against the Spanish friars who were responsible for the oppression experienced by the Filipinos for more than 300 years.  Background The story of Fray Botod by  Graciano Lopez Jaena portrayed an early Spanish priest from the colonial era of the Philippines as greedy, corrupt, hypocrite, gluttonous, and lustful. As a form of propaganda and protestation, his work aimed to expose these horrendous characteristics of these abusive priests.  Fray Botod  means "Big - Bellied Friar," pertaining to the nickname of the main