E-book: The Reign of Greed (illustrated)
| Автор | Хосе Рісаль |
|---|---|
| Видавництво | Asimis Books |
| Перекладач | Charles Derbyshire |
| Рік видання | 2025 |
| Мова | Англійська |
| Кількість сторінок | 520 |
| ISBN | 9786178787950 |
| Тип | Електронна книга |
| Наявність ілюстрацій | Так |
| Перекладна | Так |
Анотація "E-book: The Reign of Greed (illustrated)", Хосе Рісаль
The Reign of Greed is Charles Derbyshire’s English translation of José Rizal’s novel El filibusterismo (1891), the powerful sequel to Noli Me Tangere. Darker in tone and more radical in vision, this novel represents Rizal’s most uncompromising critique of colonial oppression in the Philippines under Spanish rule. Through Derbyshire’s influential translation, the work reached an international audience and secured its place in world literature. The novel follows the return of Crisóstomo Ibarra, now disguised as Simoun, a wealthy and mysterious jeweler. Transformed by betrayal and loss, Simoun abandons hopes of peaceful reform and instead seeks to destroy the corrupt system through manipulation, conspiracy, and revolutionary violence. His journey reflects the moral and psychological cost of prolonged injustice. Rizal expands his social panorama to include students, intellectuals, government officials, clergy, and the poor, exposing the pervasive greed, hypocrisy, and cruelty embedded in colonial institutions.
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