The Woman Who Had Two Navels

The Woman Who Had Two Navels
Cover of the Filipino Literary Classics imprint
AuthorNick Joaquín
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Publication date
1961
Publication placePhilippines

The Woman Who Had Two Navels is a 1961 novel by Nick Joaquín, a National Artist for Literature and leading English-language writer from the Philippines.[1] It is considered a classic in Philippine literature.[2] It was the recipient of the first Harry Stonehill Award.[1]

It tells the story of an elite Filipina who is hallucinating, and is preoccupied with the notion that she has two navels or belly buttons in order to be treated as an extraordinary person.[3]

  1. ^ a b Liukkonen, Petri. "Nick Joaquin". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010.
  2. ^ The Woman Who Had Two Navels (Filipino Literary Classics, amazon.com
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