In the time of the butterflies
By the international bestselling author of  How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents  and  Afterlife ,  In the Time of the Butterflies , first published in 1994, is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction...
| Main Author: | Alvarez, Julia. |
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
[publisher not identified],
2010.
2010. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Summary: |
By the international bestselling author of  How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents  and  Afterlife ,  In the Time of the Butterflies , first published in 1994, 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 ) "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   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{u2014}Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé{u2014}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. |
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| Item Description: |
By the international bestselling author of  How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents  and  Afterlife ,  In the Time of the Butterflies , first published in 1994, 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 ) "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   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{u2014}Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé{u2014}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. Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5. UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 910 Lexile. 5.8 ATOS Level. Electronic reproduction. New York : Algonquin Books, 2010. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Audience: |
Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5. UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 910 5.8 |
| ISBN: |
9781616200992 (electronic bk) |