Dan Brown calls Manila "GATES OF HELL"

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A top-selling novelist's new work which alludes to Manila as the "gates of hell" may be fiction, but a Cabinet official is still taking offense.

Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino on Thursday cried foul over American novelist Dan Brown's "terrible description" of the Philippine capital.

"While we are aware that yours is a work of fiction, we are greatly disappointed by your inaccurate portrayal of our beloved metropolis," Tolentino said in a letter to Brown.

"We are displeased [with] how you have used Manila as a venue and source of a character's breakdown and trauma, much more her disillusionment in humanity," he added.

In his new book "Inferno," Brown, the author of the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, tells the story of a woman who joined a humanitarian mission to Manila.

Arriving in Manila, the character named Sienna, a 32-year-old English doctor, was shocked by the scenes of poverty she saw in the area. She was also raped by Filipino goons in the novel.

An excerpt from the book reads: "When the group settled in among the throngs in the city of Manila--the most densely populated city on earth--Sienna could only gape in horror. She had never seen poverty on this scale."

The novel also described Manila as suffering from "six-hour traffic jams, suffocating pollution, and a horrifying *** trade, whose workers consisted primarily of young children..."

"More than your portrayal of it, Metro Manila is the center of Filipino spirit, faith and hope... Truly our place is an entry to heaven," Tolentino said in his letter to Brown.

"Manila citizens are more than capable of exemplifying good character and compassion towards each other, something your novel has failed to acknowledge," the Cabinet official added.







>Pag sure Dan Brown oy... na disappoint jud ko niya.. favorite writer pa man unta taka! What you Say Guys?

[slabdans]

adto na lang sa yahoo

[noearthko]

it's just a Fiction!

[THE KID]

existing thread
https://www.istorya.net/forums/politi...ell-novel.html

[Nefarian]

Mga bro dili lang ta mag ino OA. Sentimental ra kaayo ta basta naa nay mobatikos sa atoang nasod. Let's face the truth nalang nga daghan jud masaway sa atoa.Kada naa nalay ma negative comments bahin sa atoa daghan na kaayo mga reklamo ug mga yawyaw.

Ang angay buhaton nato is make that negative criticism a guide unsay angay usbon nato.

[iBerg]

Ang angay buhaton nato is make that negative criticism a guide unsay angay usbon nato.

sakto jud ni..

[nirdle_phogi]

di na ni ikatingala sa tawo nga ningdaut sa holy see ug sa opus dei pinaagi sa iyang mga fictional works..

[antonax]

di na ni ikatingala sa tawo nga ningdaut sa holy see ug sa opus dei pinaagi sa iyang mga fictional works..

yah ur ryt bro...theirs nothing new wd him hehehe

[fireheart]

I guess, the author cannot describe such if wala xa naka experience living in Manila, Pinoy ko but I would agree na gubot jud ang Manila, grabe ang traffic compare to other provinces.. and why not take that note/ description sa atong city/ place as a challenge to do better, and i improve atong lugar, let's show them that they are wrong... sakto usahay kusog kaau ta mo react within even looking at our situation..

Seems like, truth hurts...

Despite the comment - Let's all work together and still be proud to be Filipino! hehe..

Its more fun in the Phils!

[kevynne]

"our place is an entry to heaven"?? ahm, mr tolentino, ayaw palabi ug damgo.