ARGONAUT BOOKS

A critical, satirical take on Philippine-American history, a powerful contribution to the postcolonial canon, and a fearless exploration of the limits of metafiction, Insurrecto is a novel about women - artists, lovers, revolutionaries, daughters - finding their way to their own truths and histories. Reviews 'A bravura performance in which war becomes farce, history becomes burlesque... Apostol is a magician with language (think Borges, think Nabokov) who can swing from slang and mockery to the stodgy argot of critical theory. She puns with gusto, potently and unabashedly, u...Read More