DreamEdenRecent events in the Philippines the 1986 People Power Revolution, the ouster of President Marcos, the election of Corazon Aquino, and the coup of 1989 are the backdrop of this new novel by a celebrated Filipina writer. She focuses on the experienes of the people in and beyond Gulod a barrio that has spread like a field sown by a blind hand on the outskirts of Manila, on the fringes of power, in the tangled roots of dreams. The story is told through