Sugilanong Sugboanon: Cebuano Fiction Until 1940
edited and translated by Erlinda K. Alburo, Vicente Bandillo, Simeon Dumdum Jr, and Resil B. Mojares

Modern prose fiction in Cebuano has its beginnings in the nineteenth century. In this respect, its emergence antedates the appearance of the first short stories and novels in much of Southeast Asia. Beyond this note of historical importance, however, Cebuano fiction is of value in itself, as a body of literary art, and for what it can reveal to us of Cebuano and Philippine culture.