El Filibusterismo

Translated By

Ma. Soledad Lacson-Locsin

Illustrated By

Joanne De Leon

Synopsis

The book is the second novel of Dr. Jose Rizal as a sequel to the Noli Me Tangere; it was begun after the author returned to Europe in 1888, published in Ghent in 1891, then shipped to Hong Kong, where many copies were confiscated by authorities who by then realized the impact of Rizal’s writing in his people. El Filibusterismo takes us to where Noli Me Tangere left off, the continuing struggle of Simoun, the transformed Ibarra. To this new translation, Soledad Lacson-Locsin has restored the original dedication “Al Pueblo Filipino y su Gobierno” which was not in the printed edition, in order to heighten the change from the softer emotions of the “Noli” to the anger and passion of the “Fili.”