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4 unusual facts about The Rosales Saga


F. Sionil José

A five-novel series that spans three centuries of Philippine history, translated into 22 languages

The Rosales Saga

Chronologically, it is composed of five interconnected novels, namely Po-on (written in 1984), Tree (written in 1978), My Brother, My Executioner (written in 1973), The Pretenders (written in 1962), and Mass (written in 1973).

The object that connects and binds these families is the “giant Balete tree" located at the plaza of Rosales town.

The fourth novel, The Pretenders, recalls the life of Antonio “Tony” Samson, the son of Victor, the half-brother of Luis Asperri in My Brother, My Executioner (Victor was imprisoned for life for murdering Luis Asperri).



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Rosales, Pangasinan

Philippine National Author and internationally renowned novelist Francisco Sionil Josè has set a monument to the town he grew up in with his five-novels-series The Rosales Saga.