Promdi : an Ilokano autobiography / by F. Sionil José ; edited by Leonora R. Dimagiba.

Editor's notes -- Foreword by Rita Gadi -- Promdi -- Memories of my mother -- Manila, seven decades ago, Pre-war Manila continued -- World war II, and now China -- At the University of Santo Tomas -- Early journalism -- How I was labeled a "communist" and a "CIA agent" -- Walking with the Jesuits -- For the record -- The Plebeian mind -- My village, my stories -- Memories of old Rosales : the writing of tree -- An Ilokano's notes on fancy dining -- A memoir of Martial Law and EDSA 1 -- I am not proud of Intramuros -- From Spain and America -- Letter from Seoul -- Dining, writing, bitching in the Lion City -- Chinese connection -- A remembrance of things lost -- Faith healers -- to the fledgling journalist -- questions on the literary of life -- My carabao english -- The writing life : fiction beginnings -- We are Igorots : the case of identity -- A nostalgia for Spain -- How a nobody can be a somebody quick -- A reply to you out there who disagree with me -- A memoir for the next generation -- History as prison, as liberation -- Why freedom -- Why liberty -- We are shaped by what we hate -- Envy, history, freedom and the harley davidson -- Our flawed heroes and their shining hour -- Recovering Rizal -- Loyalty in the time of Pandemic crisis -- We don't learn from history -- ABS-CBN : a requiem -- Ideology vs. the National interest -- Who is a hero? -- For a revolutionary party -- Maria Ressa does not deserve the Nobel -- My deepest pain; my greatest joy -- Rivers -- Home

In English.