In search of healing, a young woman returns home, to Nigeria, the country of her birth.
Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative, 23-year-old student Parini dreams of becoming a writer but is at a loss to make sense of the wild, irrepressible 70-year-old Borges. As the journey takes a surreal turn, their differences magnify until, in the tradition of a classic road trip, the two ultimately find common ground.
Based on his short of the same title. Filipiñana is a continuation of Rafael Manuel's study on the Philippine golf and country club milieu as a self-contained microcosm that reflects societal structures present in the country.
