Short Story Review: The Mats
“A Short Story Review” Zacarias Eugene Francisco Quino Arcellana also known as Francisco Arcellana or Frank V. Sta Cruz (September 6, 1916 – August 1, 2002) was a writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and a teacher. He is a National Artist in Literature who wrote several short stories like The Man Who Would Be Poe , Death in a Factory , Lina , A Clown Remembers , Divided by Two, The Mats. Some of the books he wrote are The State of Original Writing in English in the Philippines Today (1977), The Francisco Arcellana Sampler (1990) and his poems The Other Woman , This Being the Third Poem This Poem is for Mathilda , To Touch You and I Touched Her . He is one of the most important progenitors of the modern Filipino short story in English. The Mats (A short story written by Francisco Arcellana) Characters: Mr. Angeles Head of the family, Husband of Nana Emilia, Worker Nana Emilia Mother, Wife of M
