MA. ISABEL ONGPIN
AFTER reading Gina Apostol’s historical fiction novel, Insurrecto, about contrasting memories and their consequent influence on identity and behavior, motivation and rationalization, that result finally in the personal evolution of the characters, I felt it was time to be clear about what the principal compulsion was — the Balangiga Massacre (the American term) or “Incident” (the historians’ term) of 1901 in Samar.