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''Po-on'' the novel is only one part of F. Sionil José's ''Rosales Saga'', the historical epic narrative composed of four other novels considered by the Filipino poet and [[literary criticism|literary critic]] [[Ricaredo Demetillo]] as "the first great Filipino novels written in English." Specifically, ''Po-on'' had been described by [[Random House]] as a work of fiction which is "more than" the character of a "historical novel", a book with "extraordinary scope and passion" that is "meaningful to Philippine literature." a book as meaningful to Philippine literature as ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' is to [[Latin American literature]].<ref name=RHouse2/> ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' is the masterpiece of Latin America's [[Colombian people|Colombian]] novelist [[Gabriel García Márquez]].<ref name=Amazon1/><ref name=B&N/><ref name=RHouse/><ref name=AmazonPubWk/><ref name=RHouse2>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0375751440 About this book and Backcover details, Amazon.com]</ref> [[Frank Gibney]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the story-telling in José's ''Rosales Saga'' as being similar to the tradition and style found in the ''[[U.S.A. trilogy]]'' by the American novelist [[John Dos Passos]].<ref name=NYT1/><ref name=NYT2/><ref name=NYT3/><ref name=NYT4/>

 

==See also==

*[[Cry Slaughter!]] by [[E.K. Tiempo]]

*[[The Man Who (Thought He) Looked Like Robert Taylor]] by [[Bienvenido Santos]]

 

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