Winner of the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award This collection of sixteen stories brings the work of a distinguished Filipino writer to an American audience. Scent of Apples contains work from the 1940s to the 1970s. Although many of Santos's writings have been published in the Philippines, Scent of Apples is his only book published in the United States. Replaces ISBN 9780295956954
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Winner of the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award This collection of sixteen stories brings the work of a distinguished Filipino writer to an American audience. Scent of Apples contains work from the 1940s to the 1970s. Although many of Santos's writings have been published in the Philippines, Scent of Apples is his only book published in the United States. Replaces ISBN 9780295956954
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In The Scent of Apples, a collection of his stories, Bienvenido Santos examines the theme of the Pilipino immigrant as exile in the United States. Calling them "the hurt men," Santos depicts the alienation and estrangement of his characters, who have left a traditional society founded on a sense of community, kindship, and mutual support. These "oldtimers" often seek the company of American women at taxi dance halls for the virtues of fidelity and tenderness they associate with the homeland.
"Immigration Blues" describes the still precarious condition of aliens and permanent residents in America. "The Day the Dancers Came" is an account of two oldtimers, awkward before the beauty and sophistication of the young dancers from home. "Quicker with Arrows" is a tale of distraught Pilipino American lovers in a roomful of opportunists planning to exploit the chaos in the Phillipines.
A recurrent theme of Santos' work is the difficulty and importance of being Pilipino with humor, honor, and decency. Permeating as the scent of autumn apples is one single, persistent dream: return to the motherland even if the dream is deferred. Santos writes of his characters with sympathy, pathos, affection, and a gentle, poetic touch.
