The novel is at once an overpowering journey to national consciousness in the 70s and the 80s. The first few chapters exude the innocence of the 60s, the turbulent 70s and his journey to adulthood in the 80s. When you get to the last chapters, you see a singular character coming to terms with himself and his past including his sexuality. The last chapters are set in the United Kingdom and here we see the character evolve from the honor student provinciano to a curious student in a foreign country. Set in the 60s to the 70s and the 80s, the 205-page book brings the reader to those decades as seen in the eyes of a Bicolano youth who grew up in Pampanga and later settled in Manila to study.
Reading Danton Remote’s “Riverrun” during the lockdown is an exercise in reviewing national consciousness.
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