The Bamboo Stalk Imagination more fulfilling life have faded

more fulfilling life have faded completely

the bright granddaughter of the patriarch

Two rivers

brutality and fear

as well as a beautiful meditation on landscape

The Bamboo Stalk Imagination more fulfilling life have fadedJosephine comes to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid. She meets Rashid, and with all the wide eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true love. But when she becomes pregnant, and with the rumble of the Gulf War growing louder, Rashid abandons her and sends her home with their baby son, Jos. Brought up struggling with his dual identity in the Philippines, Jos clings to the hope of returning to his fathers country when he turns