Patanon
Publisher Description
The novel is written in the bildungsroman genre work of fiction portraying a
picaresque adventure story set in the past and spanning the globe. The
journey takes Nick, a young man, to manhood via self-awareness through
existential experiences chasing windmills that occur in unique historic
settings such as the great rice terraces of the Philippine Cordillera, Ankor
Wat in Cambodia, the jungles of Irian Jaya in Indonesia, The Great Pyramid of
Egypt, the Roman Forum, and Central Park in New York.
The title comes from the Ifugao word for walking stick - patanon(g) as
viewed on the cover used to traverse the rice terraces of Batad in the
Mountain Province of the Philippines. Sit back in your easy chair, order a cool
drink, and relive the existential flow of experiences capturing the magic that
produces what Freud calls the oceanic feeling of freedom.