Masalimuot ang pinagdadaanan ni Max Martin. Ang kanyang karera sa pamamahayag ay bumabagsak. Ang kanyang buhay may asawa ay nanganganib at ang kanyang dalawang kagiliw-giliw na mga anak ay nasa malayo. Ang pagkakataong bisitahin ang lokal na Art Gallery ay nagtulak sa kanya upang hanapin ang pintor na sa tingin niya ay lubos na napapanahon. Sa pagtahak sa landas na ito, dinala siya ng paglalakbay niya sa New Zealand at sa ibayong kontinente. Nagpasya si Max na buhayin ang kanyang malamyang karera sa pagsusulat sa pamamagitan ng pagsulat ng isang nobela na ang pamagat ay Beautiful Brushstrokes. Itinala niya ang lahat ng kanyang pagsasaliksik sa kanyang kwaderno at kalaunan ay natuklasan niyang ang kanyang ginagawa ay nagiging higit pa sa pangkaraniwang proyekto. Anong uri ng likhang sining ang nahanap niya sa galeriyang ito at saan siya dinala ng mga bakas nito? Ano ang kanyang mga nahanap na nagpabago sa pananaw niya sa buhay at bakit siya nasadlak sa kabalintunaan ng mapaglarong tadhana na nagresulta sa aklat na ito? Isusulat ni Max ang nobelang ito at mahahanap niya ang pintor na ito. ‘Yan ang una niyang hakbang upang maiahon ang kanyang karera. Makisali sa paglalakbay na ito upang madiskubre niya hindi lamang ang sarili niya kundi ang marami pang iba tungo sa kanyang tagumpay—o kabiguan! Ito ang ika-9 na nailathalang aklat ni Marshall. Sa paglilipat-lipat mula Tula at Tuluyan (Prosa), pinananatili niyang buhay ang parehong uri ng akda habang sinusuportahan ang bawat isa ng liksi ng isip na nagiibayo sa kanya upang magtrabaho ng walang kapaguran. Kung nabasa mo na ang isa sa mga aklat niya, hahanap-hanapin mo ang natitirang adka niya. Ang kanyang panulat ay nakakalulong.

A comprehensive, one-year introductory textbook for Tagalog, the language spoken in the Philippines. Beginning Tagalog has been designed to meet the specific needs of adult native speakers of English who wish to learn spoken Tagalog, though students with other language backgrounds may be able to follow the course with profit. With fairly intensive class scheduling, and assuming laboratory assignments and home study, the text can be covered in one academic year. The text is designed to accomplish two aims. The first is to impart oral control of Tagalog and, by means of an acquaintance with the major patterns of the language, to provide the means for additional independent study that will lead to a full mastery of the structures and a vocabulary that is sufficiently broad to meet the needs of most students. The second aim is to provide accurate, up-to-date information about the patterns of Filipino culture that will enable a student to understand the social customs, standards, values, and aspirations of the Filipino people, in order to prepare him for sympathetic, enlightened, and useful participation in the context of Filipino society. . . . The text consists of 25 units and appendices. In the first half of the text, the student plays the part of hearer and speaker, with only incidental reading of oral dialogs and drills. From Unit XIII on there is a reading section designated for each unit, correlated with the primarily spoken materials, but designed to promote facility in the orthography and distinctive patterns of the written language. . . The basic format is as follows: A. Basic Dialog B. Cultural and Structural Notes C. Pronunciation Exercises (to Unit XIII) D. Drills and Grammar E. Cumulative Drills F. Visual-Cue Drills G. Comprehension-Response Drills H. Readings (from Unit XIII)"

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