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En el tiempo de las mariposas (Spanish Edition) |  | Author: Julia Alvarez
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
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Seller: previously-enjoyed
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 115251
Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0452286867
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780452286863
ASIN: 0452286867
Publication Date: October 25, 2005
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On a deserted mountain road in the Dominican Republic in 1960, three young women from a pious Catholic family were assassinated after visiting their husbands who had been jailed as suspected rebel leaders. The Mirabal sisters, thus martyred, became mythical figures in their country, where they are known as Las Mariposas (the butterflies). Three decades later, Julia Alvarez, daughter of the Dominican Republic and author of the acclaimed How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, brings the Mirabal sisters back to life in this extraordinary novel. Each of the sisters speaks in her own voice, beginning as young girls in the 1940s, their stories vary from hair ribbons to gun-running to prison torture. Their story is framed by their surviving sister who tells her own tale of suffering and dedication to the memory of Las Mariposas. This inspired portrait of four women is a haunting statement about the human cost of political oppression, and is destined to take its place alongside Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Allende's The House of the Spirits as one of the great 20th-century Latin American novels.
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Maravilloso January 19, 2009
Guyi 2406 (Chicago, IL)
Es una novela ambientada durante la dictadura de Trujillo en Republica Dominicana. Me cautivo de principio a fin, ademas aprendi un poco mas de historia.
A story everyone should know December 26, 2008
L. Guillen (NJ)
This is a tragic and moving story. Told from the perspective of all four sisters, the story is easy to follow. Everyone should know this story, but it is sad that atrocities like these are not known outside of the Caribbean by many people. Julia Alvarez is an amazing writer and the way she put this story together blew my mind. A must have.
Great! March 16, 2008
Bianca Reyes (Rochester, NY USA)
Delivery was super speedy! The product was exactly as the seller described! I would definitely do business with them again!
Satisfactory transaction January 9, 2008
M. Dock (PA, USA)
The product was as I expected it to be according to the product description. Very satisfied.
Historia dominicana February 1, 2007
blinky
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cuanto me alegra que haya una autora que cuenta parte de la historia dominicana. Me encanta como Julia escribe. Este libro esta muy bien hecho pero ojo: Julia Alvarez escribe en ingles no en español. Aun asi, me parece que la traduccion de esta historia esta estupenda.
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