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In the Time of the Butterflies
by Alvarez, Julia
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0452274427
- ISBN 13
- 9780452274426
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About This Item
New York, NY: Plume, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Plume Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, Plume, 1995. First Plume edition. 12mo. Paperback with pictorial cover, 325 pp. They were the four Mirabal sisters; symbols of defiant hope in a country shadowed by a dictatorship and despair. They sacrificed their safe and comfortable lives in the name of freedom. This novel speaks across the decades to tell their stories; from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, making a haunting statement about the human cost of political oppression. A gripping tale! Near fine..
Synopsis
In the Time of the Butterflies is a novel by Julia Alvarez, fictionalizing the lives of the Mirabal sisters from their personal accounts of what happened during the time. It recounts the rebellion against Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic. The main characters are the Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, Dedé, and María Teresa.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0381-03
- Title
- In the Time of the Butterflies
- Author
- Alvarez, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Plume Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0452274427
- ISBN 13
- 9780452274426
- Publisher
- Plume
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- POLITICAL OPPRESSION LAS MARIPOSAS DOMINICA DICTATOR TRUJILLO
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