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    Francisco Sionel Jose was a famous author from the Philippines who lived from 1924 to 2022. He studied at the University of Santo Tomas but dropped out of his pre-med course. He founded a publishing house and bookstore, and established the Philippine arm of PEN. One of his most famous works was the 1984 novel Dusk, which provides a historical fiction account of the struggles Filipinos faced under Spanish and American rule in the late 19th century. The novel follows an Ilocano family that abandons their village to escape Spanish cruelty and survive in southern Pangasinan.

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    Francisco Sionel Jose was a famous author from the Philippines who lived from 1924 to 2022. He studied at the University of Santo Tomas but dropped out of his pre-med course. He founded a publishing house and bookstore, and established the Philippine arm of PEN. One of his most famous works was the 1984 novel Dusk, which provides a historical fiction account of the struggles Filipinos faced under Spanish and American rule in the late 19th century. The novel follows an Ilocano family that abandons their village to escape Spanish cruelty and survive in southern Pangasinan.

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    Francisco Sionel Jose was a famous author from the Philippines who lived from 1924 to 2022. He studied at the University of Santo Tomas but dropped out of his pre-med course. He founded a publishing house and bookstore, and established the Philippine arm of PEN. One of his most famous works was the 1984 novel Dusk, which provides a historical fiction account of the struggles Filipinos faced under Spanish and American rule in the late 19th century. The novel follows an Ilocano family that abandons their village to escape Spanish cruelty and survive in southern Pangasinan.

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    One of the famous authors in my province is Francisco Sionel Jose, he was born on December 3, 1924,

    and died on January 6, 2022, at the age of 97. Before journaling, he studied at the University of Santo
    Tomas. He had a pre-med course, but he dropped out.

    He founded a publishing house and owned the Solidaridad bookstore. He also established the Philippine
    arm of PEN. Some of his books have been translated into 28 languages.

    One of his famous works is Dusk: A Novel, or Po-on Isang Nobela; it has a genre of historical fiction and
    romance and was published in 1984.

    In this story, we unfold the struggles of the Filipinos during the Spanish and American periods. This really
    opened my eyes to how cruel and ruthless the conquerors were at that time, and how much Filipinos
    struggled and sacrificed their lives at that time for the independence of the country.

    From 1880 to 1889, an Ilocano family abandoned the old barrio to survive the challenges in
    southern Pangasinan in the Philippines and escape Spanish cruelty. Istak is a sacristan aspiring
    to be a priest because of the influence of Padre Jose Leon. He learned to speak Spanish and
    Latin through the teachings of Padre José Leon. He also studied arts and medicine. However,
    Padre Jose was getting old and was replaced by a young priest. This young priest wants to get
    rid of Istak because he caught him having intercourse. Istak lives with his father, Ba-ac, his
    mother, Mayang, and his two younger brothers, An-no and Bit-tik. A few years ago, Ba-ac was
    ordered to run errands by a Spaniard, but unfortunately, he was sick and refused and promised
    to make it up late. but he was arrested and hung in one arm, causing him to lose the arm and
    making him hate the Spanish and the church. An-no is jealous of his brother, Istak, because
    Istak has an education. This jealousy grew when he met Dalin, who was a widow. An-no was
    attracted to Dalin, but Dalin was attracted to Istak.

    The young priest wants Istak's family to leave. Ba-ac came to see the young priest and to talk to
    him, and then he realized that the young priest was the one who ordered him to be hung in one
    arm. This made Ba-ac angry, and because of this anger, he killed the young priest. Because of
    this, Istak's family and relatives hurriedly left in order to not be caught by the police. They came
    to meet their other relatives, who were also expelled, and join them. There have been various
    adventures wherein the daughter of one police officer was raped. Because of this, An-no
    married the girl and abandoned his feelings for Dalin.

    After some more adventures, Istak's mother Mayang died of drowning, and his father Ba-ac died
    because of pythons. When they arrived in Rosales, they met a local landowner named Don
    Jacinto, who was very sympathetic and helped them build their own small village. On the other
    hand, politics were hovering in the background, with the opposition of the Spanish and the
    involvement of the Americans. Soon the Americans took over, and they are just as bad as the
    Spanish. Cholera hit Istaks's village, and he almost died. When he was ill, An-no was taken
    away to be executed because of his father's crimes. Don Jacinto has a very strong involvement
    in the independence movement, and Istak starts helping him. Soon after, Istak was sent on his
    first dangerous mission, to send a letter to the president, but ended up in the battle of Mount
    Tirad and unfortunately died.

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