![]() ![]() 89 Pison / The Heart of the Nation In Bobis’s novel set in the 1960s, the reader is treated to a feast, not just of a sumptuous array of Filipino food and recipes integrated into the narrative of Nining but to a string of stories and tales, both hilarious and heart-rending at the same time. Years later and in another land, Nining still remembers the myth, “the charm” that she has always “kept in pocket ever since” (225). And, although quite peeved at the numerous aphorisms and Nana Dora’s know-it-all attitude, Nining goes home with the story of the banana heart lingering in her mind. Nana Dora, Banana Heart Summer T he twelve-year-old narrator of Merlinda Bobis’s Banana Heart Summer, Nining, is listening to Nana Dora. ![]() When you eat the heart of the matter, you’ll never grow hungry again. Pison Close to midnight, when the heart bows from its stem, wait for its first dew. The Heart of the Nation Merlinda Bobis’s Banana Heart Summer Ruth Jordana S. ![]()
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