SO HEAVEN: A NOVEL
Isagani R. Cruz
So Heaven is a humorous postmodern novel about a dead publisher and three famous dead authors seeking to bring two lesbian lovers back together.
Danny Livingstone is dead but doesn’t know it–until he’s face to face with his first and only love: Emily Dickinson. The e-publishing magnate is offered the manuscript of his dreams–Dickinson’s poems as she originally wrote them, but first the Lord has a task for him. Danny must save Annie, a gifted Filipino doctor, from committing suicide after the love of her life is tempted into marrying a billionaire. In his race to save the life of the doctor destined to discover a cure for cancer, Danny is assisted by other famous writers: Rizal, who contributes deep insights on human nature–and the occasional prank–and Shakespeare, who draws from the writings attributed to him to warn Danny of all possible consequences. Set in the future, So Heaven gives us a glimpse of a hi-tech Philippines where the worst slum areas have been transformed into luxury developments. With all that is weird, wacky, and woke, it wittily observes the obsessions of our times.
978-971-828-148-2
Category: Fiction/Satire
Language: English
Copyright Year: 2024
Weight & Dimensions: 0.36kg, 5” x 8”
Pages: 288
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in 1945, Dr. Isagani R. Cruz is a multi-awarded Filipino writer, critic, and educator. As a writer, he has been recognized for his many contributions to Philippine literature, having written and edited more than thirty books. He has won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature numerous times and was thus inducted into the prestigious Palanca Hall of Fame in 2004.
He also received the SEAWRITE Award in 1991, the Centennial Literary Contest Award in 1998, and the Balagtas Award in 1999. He has represented the Philippines in many international conferences.