Dugo sa Bukang-Liwayway (translated as Bleeding Sun ) is a seminal Filipino agrarian novel by Rogelio Sikat (also spelled Sicat), first serialized in
The story delves into the "hacienda" system, where farmers are trapped in cycles of debt and poverty.
The novel follows , the son of a poor farmer named Tano , living in a province controlled by powerful landlords.
: The novel spans a vast timeline from the Spanish colonial period through the American and Japanese occupations to post-independence Philippines in 1946. Literary Parallels : It is often compared to Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tángere