Author | Gina Apostol |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Publication date | November 15, 2018 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
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ISBN | 978-1-61695-945-6 |
Preceded by | Gun Dealer's Daughter |
Followed by | La Tercera |
Insurrecto is a 2018 Philippine novel published by Gina Apostol. It explores an incident in Balangiga, Eastern Samar in 1901, when Filipino revolutionaries attacked an American garrison, and in retaliation, American soldiers created "a howling wilderness" of the surrounding countryside.[1] It was shortlisted for the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[2]