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In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101565129768
ISBN-139781565129764
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038536635
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn the Time of the Butterflies
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicContemporary Women, Literary, Biographical, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorJulia Alvarez
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-511410
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." '" The Denver Post, "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." -People, "Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." � The Denver Post, "A fascinating and powerful picture of a family and a nation "s history." � The Dallas Morning News, "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." '" People, "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." People, "Wonderful . . . Skillfully weaves fact and fiction, building to a gut-wrenching climax." -- Newsweek "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." -- People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." -- Los Angeles Times "Extraordinary." -- Harper's Bazaar "Haunting." -- New York Newsday "A poignant tale of courage and hope . . . As much an inspiration as it is a tragedy." -- Ms. "Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." -- The Denver Post, "Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." The Denver Post, "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." � People, "A fascinating and powerful picture of a family and a natione(tm)s history." e" The Dallas Morning News, "Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." -- The Denver Post, "Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." e" The Denver Post, "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." e" People, "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." -- People, "Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." -The Denver Post
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisCelebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times ) Don't miss Alvarez's new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, available now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas--the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."--Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." --Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." -- People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." -- Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time." -- St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."--Cosmopolitan.com, 25th Anniversary Edition "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time." --St. Petersburg Times It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Le nidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas--the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, Mar a Teresa, and the survivor, Ded --speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression.
LC Classification NumberPS3551.L845I5 2010
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