Dekada: 70 Ni Lualhati Bautista

Title: Dekada '70 Author: Lualhati Bautista Genre: Political Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Drama Year Published: 1983 (originally serialized in Bulaklak magazine) Setting: Metro Manila, Philippines, during the 1970s (Martial Law era under Ferdinand Marcos) 1. Executive Summary / Synopsis Dekada '70 chronicles the life of the middle-class family of Julian and Amanda Bartolome, focusing on the political awakening of the mother, Amanda. The story spans ten years (1970–1980), a decade marked by the First Quarter Storm, the Plaza Miranda bombing, the declaration of Martial Law in 1972, and the subsequent oppression, disappearances, and economic turmoil.