In the Time of the Butterflies
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.01.2010
Verlag
Little Brown And CompanySeitenzahl
352
Maße (L/B/H)
13,7/20,7/2,5 cm
Gewicht
310 g
Farbe
Graublau
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-56512-976-4
Internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies, a modern-day classic about three sisters' rebellion against a Dominican dictator, told by the sister who survives to tell their story
"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." -The New York 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 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
"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
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