IEAS Book Series: New Perspectives on East Asia
| DATE: | Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
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| TIME: | 5:00-6:00 p.m. Lecture 6:00 p.m. Reception and Book Signing |
| PLACE: | IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton St., 6th Floor |
| FORMAT: | Lecture and book signing |
| SPONSOR: | Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asia Studies |
In his new novel Han Ong tells a provocative and resonant story about a quintessential American impulse — to do good — and its unintended consequences abroad. Forty-four-year-old Roger Caracera returns to the Philippines after nearly three decades in America. Back in Manila for the funeral of his estranged father the corrupt, charismatic head of the family sugar dynasty, he is forced to confront everything he put behind him. Roger, stunned to discover that he has been left a small fortune, decides to give his inheritance away. But whom among the millions of needy Filipinos is he to choose? Traversing high and low life, societies rank and respectable, The Disinherited examines the impulse to do good and the remarkable harm it can bring. Han Ong, has written more than three dozen plays and is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. His first novel, Fixer Chao was named a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year.
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