Noli Me Tangere Touch Me Not

In more than a century since its appearance, Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience—and martyr—for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.

• This new translation includes an extensive introduction and notes that draw on a wealth of Rizal scholarship
• This is the first work of Filipino literature to be published in Penguin Classics

Jose Rizal (1861–1896) is known as the hero of the Philippines and the greatest champion of Filipino nationalism and independence. He angered the Spanish authorities with Noli Me Tangere and its sequel and was executed.

Harold Augenbraum is executive director of the National Book Foundation. He is the translator of the Penguin Classics edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition.

Harold Augenbraum is executive director of the National Book Foundation. He is the translator of the Penguin Classics edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition.

Harold Augenbraum is executive director of the National Book Foundation. He is the translator of the Penguin Classics edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition.