En El Tiempo de Las Mariposas = In the Time of the Butterflies Alvarez JuliaPaperback
In 1960 in the Dominican Republic, 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…
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In 1960 in the Dominican Republic, 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 became mythical figures in their country, where they are known as Las Mariposas (the butterflies). Three decades later, lvarez brings the Mirabal sisters back to life in an extraordinary novel. "Un libro importante... emocionalmente sobrecogedor. lvarez nos hace un regalo cargado de rara generosidad y coraje."--The San Diego Union-TribuneEllas eran las cuatro hermanas Mirabal--s mbolos de una esperanza desafiante en un pa s ensombrecido por la dictadura y la desesperaci n. Sacrificaron sus vidas, seguras, y confortables, en nombre de la libertad. Ellas eran "las Mariposas," y en esta novela extraordinaria, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, y Ded nos cuentan, a trav s de las