The Quartet of the Tiger Moon: Scenes from the People-Power Apocalypse

Description: The Quartet of the Tiger Moon: Scenes from the People-Power Apocalypseby Nick Joaquin Four days: February 22, 23, 24, and 25 in 1986. The historical days when "the Filipino people shook off the yoke of a fascist dictatorship." Nothing could have prepared then president Ferdinand Marcos “for the wretched little show that awaited him on Tuesday, Feb. 25,” so goes the story. It was a date chosen, the story continues, because the numerals added up to seven, Marcos’ supposed lucky number. “But not, it would turn out, in this Year of the Tiger,” Nick Joaquin wrote in his engaging account of the 1986 People Power Revolution titled The Quartet of the Tiger Moon: Scenes from the People Power Apocalypse. That day was the inauguration of Marcos as the supposed winner in the Feb. 7 presidential polls and it happened at high noon, an hour supposedly for state funerals. But while Marcos took his oath, he never became president again. “As the erstwhile strongman raised his right hand in solemn oath, the television coverage was abruptly cut off,” Joaquin, who had used the pen name Quijano De Manila, wrote in his book. Disgruntled Filipinos and government officials would not allow it. Days before, they were already camping out on EDSA to protest Marcos’ supposed victory in the recent polls. “Thus, began the epic vigil on the highway during those four white nights of the tiger moon,” Joaquin narrated. The rest, as they say, is history. On the last page of his book, Joaquin captured well what it meant to be on EDSA in 1986: “One can only pity those who missed that thrilling recognition scene on EDSA because what they missed was history itself. ‘Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive,’ sang another poet of another apocalypse, ‘and to be young was very heaven!’ But on EDSA, it was very heaven to everyone because even the old were young again, were hale again, during that most Christian moment of our lifetime: the four glory days of the tiger moon revolution.” Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez Joaquin (1917 – 2004) was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He has been considered one of the most important Filipino writers. ‎Book Stop Inc. 19861st edition "Printed in the Philippines"Hardcover‎112 pagesISBN-10‎: 971-8523-00-6

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