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The Social Cancer A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere

The Social Cancer A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 171958527X
ISBN13: 9781719585279
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 24 2018
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.47
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Filipino national hero Jose Rizal wrote The Social Cancer in Berlin in 1887. Upon his return to his country, he was summoned to the palace by the Governor General because of the subversive ideas his book had inspired in the nation. Rizal wrote of his consequent persecution by the church: My book made a lot of noise; everywhere, I am asked about it. They wanted to anathematize me ['to excommunicate me'] because of it...I am considered a German spy, an agent of Bismarck, they say I am a Protestant, a freemason, a sorcerer, a damned soul and evil. It is whispered that I want to draw plans, that I have a foreign passport and that I wander through the streets by night...

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