Philippines, Southeast Asia (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
State of Fear
by Michael Crichton"More recently still the gentle Tasaday of the Philippines turned out to be a publicity stunt, a nonexistent tribe."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"…there is great memory of them in the ilands Philippinas, and on the cost of Coromande"
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan"The plane took three weeks. It stopped everywhere: Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hawaii."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"We’ll meet again in the Philippines!"
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"Three months later I was en route to the Philippines, my rucksack in the overhead luggage bin, in my lap a copy of Fodor’s Southeast Asia, a tome as thick as War and Peace."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"…from the beaches and inlets of our homeland to the nearest semifriendly shores in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines…"
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"So, Sonny said, how was your trip to the Philippines? I want to hear all about it, Ms. Mori said, pouring me a glass of wine and refilling theirs. I’ve always wanted to go ever since my uncle talked about his time there in the war."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"Ever since my return from the Philippines, I had been unemployed except for this considerable pro bono work done for the General, the Fraternity, and the Movement."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"Instead, I found that an airplane ticket had been reserved for my instant departure from the Philippines, and I spent the entire trip brooding over the problem of representation."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"Let us not forget your Philippines, said Dr. Hedd. Or Indonesia. Absolutely."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"followed by my round trip to the Philippines, and now this."
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen"She was born in 1954 and came to the United States in 1989 after spending nine years in a Viet Cong prison and being re‐educated in the Philippines."
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty"I backed away as Foy dusted himself off, muttering about conspiracies and defiantly marching toward his car like he was leaving the Philippines under siege!"