The Market–A Novel By Another AYLC Alumnus
WE READ books for a variety of reasons. There is one book that I definitely look forward to reading for two great reasons: first, the subject is close to my heart; and second, it is penned by someone I personally know.
I am talking about The Market, a novel of finding your way back home. See, the theme is really close to my heart as my personal blog is called Homeward Bound! There’s something about the idea of heading home that keeps me inspired. Prolly, that is because of my belief that it is natural for man to look for a place to call home–and finding home means finding happiness. So, I expect that The Market might be about the quest for happiness, contentment, a sense of belongingness, comfort, inner peace, or self-actualization.
The Market is written by Neil Erich Galicia, a batchmate in the Ayala Young Leaders Congress 2006 in Tagaytay. We call each other Ka-Alab because our batch is named Alab (Alay sa Bayan). Neil has been involved in various social development programs as an advocate of the Millennium Development Goals. He’s a participant to the Asian Youth Leaders Forum. Click here to read more…
June 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
wow. you guys are true great leaders. Nag-eexcel talaga kayo sa field niyo. Ang galing. Kid Camaya on Pinoy Idol, then here’s Neil Galicia with “The Market”, I wonder who’s next…hehehe.
I wonder why its title is “The Market” if it’s about finding a way back home…interesting…
Meron po ba sa national bookstore?
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June 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
trizZz, thanks for the comment! Hehe. Kaso lang, it won’t be available sa NBS. Email kita kung may available copies na…
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
“What compels a man to leave home to sail out into the treacherous sea? What constrains a man to set out for home after having ridden the crest of many waves?”
“The Market” sheds light into these crucial questions. It tackles the restiveness that propels mortals to abandon familiar comforts for uncertain pursuits. In this novel, Neil Erich Galicia invites his readers to accompany Kent as he sits on a bus headed for the home he had left seven years ago. This journey towards home is pregnant with profound musings and an intense mix of emotions. In the few hours that it takes to reach his hometown, he grapples with the many roads that his heart, mind, body, and spirit had simultaneously traveled in the past. Desires with neither face nor name had driven him to search for that which would quiet the discontent of his heart, the turmoil of his mind, the agitation of his body, and the vexations of his spirit. Now battered in many ways but imbued with wisdom, strength, and greater clarity, home has beckoned. He resolutely heeds its call. The novel unravels the gripping manner in which this decision wraps itself around his being.
When Kent finally steps foot again on the same grounds that he had once played on as a child and walked upon in his youth, he sees life once more with fresh eyes. As he does, he touches a bit of eternity in all its simplicity.
With uncanny sensitivity, Neil’s novel prompts readers to relive the experience of having been paralyzed by life’s many thunderbolts only to be surprised by fresh energy anew. “The Market” reminds them that in the place where life began may be found most of that which they are looking for.
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