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THE PUÑETA CODEX
A POSTMODERN HISTORICAL WORKBOOK-NOVEL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1521–2025)
BY LOURD DE VEYRA
About the Book
The Puñeta Codex is a fractured, surreal, and interactive literary work spanning five centuries of Philippine history—colonial, postcolonial, and speculative futures. Part choose-your-own-adventure, part workbook, and part postmodern novel, it invites readers to navigate history as a labyrinth: make choices that alter historical outcomes, complete absurd exercises, and explore "lost" letters, diary scraps, and AI-generated colonial decrees. Blending erudite satire with playful tragedy, The Puñeta Codex challenges conventional narratives, making the reader both historian and participant in the unfolding chaos.
How It Works / Project Idea
Through aso books, supporters can pre-order The Puñeta Codex before it is fully published. This allows the author to continue developing the interactive content, share exclusive historical fragments and exercises, and build a global community of readers fascinated by postcolonial, speculative, and experimental approaches to history. Pre-ordering connects readers to a one-of-a-kind literary experiment that merges storytelling, art, and historical imagination.