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In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters. First published in 1994, the story was adapted into a feature film in 2001. … See more
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Minerva: The third Mirabal sister, and certainly the most headstrong. She is focused on law school, … See more
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The book was nominated for the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Originally publishedJanuary 1, 1994
AuthorJulia Alvarez
GenreHistorical Fiction · Fiction · Historical · Classics · School · Novels · Spanish Literature · Adult · Book Club · Adult Fiction
CharactersPatria Mirabal de Gonzalez · Minerva Mirabal de Tavarez · Maria Teresa Mirabal de Guzman · Bélgica Adela Mirabal de Reyes
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The idea behind In the Time of the Butterflies originated in the 1960s when author Julia Alvarez was in the Dominican Republic. The Mirabal sisters had been murdered just three months after her father got involve… See more
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• Brown, Isabel Zakrzewski (1999). "Historiographic Metafiction in In the Time of the Butterflies". South Atlantic Review. 64 (2): 98–112. doi:10.2307/3201984. JSTOR 3201984.
• Hickman, Trenton (2006). "Hagiograp… See more
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Oct 8, 2024 · Two of the sisters are sent to jail in In the Time of the Butterflies: Minerva and Mate. Several members of their families are arrested as well, including Pedrito, Nelson, Manolo, and...
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In 1960, the secret police of the Dominican Republic assassinated three sisters known as “las Mariposas”—the butterflies, dissidents working to overthrow the dictator Trujillo.
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Mariá Teresa’s diary describes prison life: their cell, the routine, her friendships, her daydreams about Jacqui, her daughter, and the horrendous torture she endured. Minerva explains that …
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Jan 13, 2024 · “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez weaves a gripping tale of courage, resistance, and familial bonds set against the backdrop of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
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On Monday, May 23, Maria Teresa and Minerva are arraigned and sentenced to five years in prison at a "joke of a trial," with no representation. The OAS (Organization of American States) …
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On November 25, 1960, Minerva, María Teresa, and Patria are taken by their driver, Rufino, to visit their husbands in prison at Puerto Plata, where the men have been transferred.
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‘It’s about time we women had a voice in running our country.’Rafael Trujillo’s 31 years of power in the Domini…
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‘It’s about time we women had a voice in running our country.’Rafael Trujillo’s 31 years of power in the Dominican Republic is considered one of the most violent reigns in the Americas. An estimated 9,000-20,000 Haitians were executed under his command and his heavy handed rule was known for frequent violations of civil rights and freedoms. In the Time of the Butterlies by Dominican-American author and poet Julia Alvarez is a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters—code-named mariposas—who famously organized against Trujillo and the assasination of three of the four sisters shocked the world and made them a symbol of feminist resistance. Told in the voices of each sister framed as a recounting from the surviving sister, Dedé, who bookends the novel, Alvarez chronicles them from childhood to active participants in the resistance, spanning from 1943 to 1960 with Dedé’s portion set in the 90s. In the Time of the Butterflies is a deeply moving portrait of family, love and courage in the face of unspeakable horrors, beautifully told by Alvarez to highlight the cruelty and violence of dictatorships but to also shine a light of hope and give voice to the human spirit of resistance as was demonstrated by these young women even in the face of inevitable death. Mirabal sistersI’m lucky to live in a community where each year we have a community book reading and events for the NEA’s Big Read. This was the novel chosen for 2019 and I was honored to help out with some of the planning for the art events in which the local schools participated in. I love this book and it was an excellent chance to have a hand in turning reading into visual expression to further examine the novel’s ideas and messages. This is a great book for a community read, …
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Julia Alvarez has been one of my favorite authors for the past twenty years. Her memoirs, both fictional and nonfiction, …
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Julia Alvarez has been one of my favorite authors for the past twenty years. Her memoirs, both fictional and nonfiction, are laced with poetic humor and often leave me with a smile on my face. Alvarez' family left the Dominican Republic in 1960 in the middle of the revolution to overthrow the dictatorial president Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Because her father had connections, the family was able to escape. Yet, what of those left on the island? In this fictional yet poignant account of the Mirabal sisters who came to be known as the symbol of the revolution, Alvarez reveals the fate of those left behind. Minerva Mirabal always wanted more than to be a simple country woman like her mother. In a machismo culture where few women learned to read and write, she did not have a future although her dream was to go to law school. Her older sister Patria Mercedes believed to have a religious calling, and their middle sister Dede was the obedient one who went along with the other two. By age ten, the three sisters entered the La Escuela de Imaculada Concepcion and started down the path to both a higher education and to learning revolutionary ideals. Using poetic prose, Alvarez writes how the three older Mirabal sisters and their youngest sister Maria Teresa "Mate" came of age to be modern women. No longer would they be subservient members of a machismo culture but productive members of society who would make a difference going forward. Alternating chapters from the point of view of each sister, Alvarez expresses how each came to be a revolutionary from a unique place. Especially powerful, were the diary entries written by Mate throughout her life as she grasps what joining the movement would do to herself and her family. The sisters either married a cousin as was …
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I know I'm out of step with everyone on this, but I just can't stand this book. I've tried so hard to read it, it just bores …
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I know I'm out of step with everyone on this, but I just can't stand this book. I've tried so hard to read it, it just bores me to tears apart from the first part with the girls at the convent school, which I enjoyed. However, the convention of the schoolgirl's "dear diary" becoming "dearest dearest little book" was a sign of things to come. I know Santo Domingo which is what the Dominican Republic is called in the Caribbean and I'm familiar with the bloody, murderous Trujillo regime so I was extremely disappointed with the sickly treatment of such an important subject.This story is about the four Mirabal sisters who opposed the Trujillo regime resulting in the assassination of three of them. They are Santo Domingan heroes for their resistance and also for their feminist stance. The author has turned this into light fiction... I would rather have read an unembellished non-fiction book about the sisters leaving out the silliness, invented dialogue and all that goes into writing a semi-historical novel.
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The writer of “In the Time of the Butterflies” is a Dominican-American writer. Julia Alvarez is not just a very good writer but a very good poet and essayist as well.
In the Time of the Butterflies also explores how familial love, the sacred bond between sisters, and loyalty cultivate growth.
The author of In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez, fled the Dominican Republic with her family in 1960, just a few months before the Mirabal sisters were killed.
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