WHITE LADY, BLACK CHRIST
Charlson Ong
When an explosion occurs in front of Dr. Chester Limhuatco’s condominium building, events unfold leading to his discovery of Emily, the “white lady” he has been having visions of. To discover her identity, he enlists the help of former classmate Jefferson Po, a government agent who works closely with Emily. Together, Chester and Jefferson pursue the mystery surrounding Emily and her involvement with Tata Peping, a modern day “Itim na Nazareno” or Black Christ.
Tata Peping heads the cult-like Brotherhood of the Blessed Black Nazarene or the BBN, a group with a grand plan to violently awaken people from lies they have been told all their lives. Jefferson and Chester must prevent Tata Peping from achieving his nefarious goal.
Set in the midst of Quiapo, the heart of the frenzied devotion and veneration of the statue of the Black Nazarene, White Lady, Black Christ is a high-stakes pursuit of the truth behind a strange brotherhood and the rituals surrounding blind devotion and the search for salvation.
978-971-828-136-9
Category: Fiction
Language: English
Copyright Year: 2021
Weight & Dimensions: 0.22kg, 5”x8”
Pages: 288
Rights Sold:Arabic, Persian, Amaric
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Charlson Ong is a writer, film producer, and director. He has won the Philippine National Book Award for both short fiction and novel. He has four short story collections: Men of the East and Other Stories (Kalikasan Press, 1990); Woman of Amkaw and Other Stories (Anvil, 1992); Conversion and Other Fictions (Anvil, 1996); and Of that Other Country We Now Speak and Other Stories (University of the Philippines Press, 2016). He has four novels: An Embarrassment of Riches (Philippine Centennial Commission, 2000); Banyaga, A Song of War (Anvil, 2006); Blue Angel/ White Shadow (UST Publishing House, 2010). He is the writer, co-producer, and director of the acclaimed film Tanabata’s Wife, which won him Best Picture in the Tofarm Film Festival in 2018 and Best Adapted Screenplay for 2019 at the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS). In 2024, his complete short stories were compiled and published as a book titled Sojourner, Settler, Seer: The Complete Stories of Charlson Ong (Milflores Publishing, 2024).