Tree

the long version

"Don Vicente contains two novels in F. Sionil Jose's classic Rosales Saga. The saga, begun in Jose's novel Dusk, traces the life of one family, and that of their rural town of Rosales, from the Philippine revolution against Spain through the arrival of the Americans to, ultimately, the Marcos dictatorship."--BOOK JACKET. "The first novel here, Tree, is told by the loving but uneasy son of a land overseer. It is the story of one young man's search for parental love and for his place in a society with rigid class structures. The tree of the title is a symbol of the hopes and dreams - too often dashed - of the Filipino people."--BOOK JACKET. "The second novel, My Brother, My Executioner, follows the misfortunes of two brothers, one the editor of a radical magazine who is tempted by the luxury of the city, the other an activist who is prepared to confront all of his enemies, real or imagined."--BOOK JACKET.