| Makamisa | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | José Rizal |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Tagalog |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
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| Preceded by | El filibusterismo |
| Followed by | ---- |
Makamisa (English: After mass) is a Tagalog unfinished novel written by Filipino patriot and writer José Rizal. The original manuscript was found by historian Ambeth Ocampo in 1987 while he was going through a 245-page collection of papers. Makamisa is written in pure, vernacular Lagunense Tagalog and has no written direct signature or date of inscription. It reads like the beginning of a novel intended to be a sequel to Rizal's second book El filibusterismo (Ghent, 1891).
The novel has only one chapter. It runs for only ten pages and is hand-written in the old orthographic ancillary glyphs.[1] Although written in a different language, its style, characterization and setting mirror those of Rizal's two previous works, Noli me tangere and El filibusterismo which he wrote in Spanish. The chapter ends with a short unfinished sentence:
| “ | Sapagkát nabalitang nasampál si aleng Anday ay wala mandin siláng | ” |
which in English is equivalent to:
| “ | Although it was rumored that aunt Anday received slaps on her face, they still do not [have] | ” |
which therefore satisfies the theory of it being unfinished. The novel explores the mysterious ill-temperament of the town curate Padre Agaton.
Seven characters are mentioned in this 10-page unfinished novel: