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"Not so many nations capture the honor and privilege of establishing a world record in prolific novel-writing. The United Kingdom of Great Britain was one when its top novelist, Ms. Barbara Cartland, wrote 23 novels in 1983. Thirty-one years later, the Philippines surpassed Great Britain’s three-decade world record with the writing of 27 novels for a new world record. We owe this feat to the God of Israel, made known in the flesh through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Almighty, the coming King of kings. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen."
Norbert Mercado
"In this age of revolution, the contemporary writer should utilize the pen for the preservation of peace," Norbert Mercado, a Filipino author, stressed. The books he has written and published, including his anthologies, unapologetically assert the indispensability of peace in a nation’s progress. The author has written more novels than any Asian writer had in just a brief period of time. In fact, he has surpassed the number of novels written by world-renowned novelists like Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1970) and American authors Ernest Hemingway (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1954). Solzhenitsyn has four novels to his credit, while Hemingway has eight. His style of writing is simple and succinct, but poignant and colorful like Hemingway’s THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, and Solzhenitsyn’s ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DESONOVICH. "The simpler the novel, the better," he said. In line with Japanese Yasunari Kabawata’s writings about the Japanese way of life, most of Norbert’s novels focus mostly on the current situation in his country. Kabawata is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. His books present hope to the Filipino, especially to the "economic exiles" in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan whom he has spent most of his time with, in their daily struggles. But most of all, his novels lucidly show the futility of war and violence in the resolution of political-economic-class conflicts in the Philippines. "War should not be used as an instrument in resolving political conflicts. Writers who abet wars and revolutions must think of the widows and the fatherless, the chaos, destruction, and suffering of the people whom they claim to be concerned about," he said. What if, like Solzhenitsyn, Hemingway, and Kabawata, he eventually wins the Nobel Prize? What will he do with the US$1,000,000 award? "I will use the prize for establishing a Peace Foundation that will assist in the formulation of policies which will resolve the current shooting conflicts in the country and help alleviate the continuing poverty of our countrymen." He will take charge of the foundation and personally campaign for a peaceful settlement of the conflicts in the Philippines. "The insurgency and the secessionist rebellion have foreign support. A Nobel title will give me the personality to approach the leaders involved in the conflicts," he explained. Born on March 25, 1955, he is the youngest among the children of Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Mercado, Sr. of San Manuel, Tarlac. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, with two degrees, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. Voted Outstanding Campus Journalist in 1974, he was a columnist and associate editor of the Philippine Collegian, the campus publication of the University of the Philippines. He has also written articles for various newspapers and magazines in the Philippines, as well as abroad. He also won the 1981 National Essay Writing Contest sponsored by SIDESTREETS Magazine. Norbert is a graduate of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), the topmost armed forces school in the country, where he was conferred a Master’s degree in National Security Administration (MNSA) and the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He graduated from the NDCP at the age of 32, the youngest in Class 21 which had already produced several generals in the Armed Forces, and the youngest graduate in the history of the National Defense College of the Philippines. He was elected one of the fifteen directors of Class 21. He was conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Applied Servanthood), Honoris Causa, for his almost 30 years work in Christian literature. His batch mates include Senator Robert Barbers, Undersecretary of Trade and Industry and Bulletin Columnist Nelly Villafuerte, Actor and Producer Fred Galang, Rev. Peter Vasaya, and the His Royal Highness Sultan of Sulu and Sabah Ishmael Kiram. A sports lover, he was a rifle marksman in his UP ROTC days, and a winner of the 1988 and 1989 5,000 meter-run sponsored by the National Defense College Alumni Association. His sports include swimming, basketball, volleyball, boxing, karate, cycling, and marathon among others. A traveler, he has attended various international conferences and trainings in Asia and Europe. His travels have widened his insight not only of places, but also of people he has constantly observed and empathized with. He is the youngest graduate of the Singapore Haggai Institute for Third World Leaders in 1980 at the age of 24. "Let us work for peace in our country, in any way we can," Norbert stressed. Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Ria M. Mercado
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World Record - Norbert Mercado
WORLD RECORD
by
NORBERT MERCADO
Also by Norbert Mercado
NOVELS
72 Hours in Moscow
Cambodia's Children of Sorrow
The Children of Mars
Even the Grass Bleeds
I Don't Need A Throne
The Korean War
The Last Romanov
BOOKS IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE SERIES
In The Shadow Of The Roman Empire
Farewell Darkness!
The Roman Governor of Judaea
BOOKS IN THE MORNING GLORY SERIES
Morning Glory
Love Is Beautiful
Prepare For Eternity
Dulce Extranjera
BOOKS IN THE ENSOMO SERIES
Pilgrims To Jerusalem
The Burning Of The Fields
A Year Without Summer
Oh, Jerusalem!
Goodbye Babylon!
BOOKS IN THE SANGKHLABURI SERIES
The Bridge
The Divide
The Union
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WORLD RECORD
Norbert Mercado
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents are product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Except in cases of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2015
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ISBN: 978-1-310-03907-2
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VERSION: 2015-07-21-2000
Not so many nations capture the honor and privilege of establishing a world record in prolific novel-writing. The United Kingdom of Great Britain was one when its top novelist, Ms. Barbara Cartland, wrote 23 novels in 1983. Thirty-one years later, the Philippines surpassed Great Britain’s three-decade world record with the writing of 27 novels for a new world record. We owe this feat to the God of Israel, made known in the flesh through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Almighty, the coming King of kings. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Dr. Norbert L. Mercado
Philippine Historical Novelist
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Dedication
A Historical Novelist For Peace
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. . . CHAPTER . . .
1
University of the Philippines, Diliman campus in Quezon City. It was the first Saturday of January 2014.
What’s your dream this year?
Ria asked me as we sat by the Oblation statue in front of Quezon Hall.
The Oblation is the symbol of the University of the Philippines System. As one looks at the statue of a naked man looking upward to the sky, with both arms outstretched, a person is reminded of a man offering himself in service to God, like a living sacrifice, not just of a person seeking enlightenment.
The Oblation is the work of Guillermo Tolentino in 1935. He was commissioned by the University of the Philippines Manila campus to create an eternal symbol for the school. The funds for the work came from the contributions of the 1935-1936 graduating class.
I want to break the world record of Barbara Cartland,
I replied to Ria with a short laughter. She also laughed with me.
Barbara Cartland is a prolific British novelist, undoubtedly the top novelist of the world in her generation. She established the world record of 23 novels written in just one year. The year was 1983.
Her world record of 23 novels written in just one year had never been surpassed for 31 years,
I said.
And your dream is to break it this year. Why?
she asked.
I was speechless for a moment. I grasped for a good reply.
A challenge… A fulfillment as a novelist,
I replied.