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In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction [1] 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.
Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and Yo!
In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film, produced for the Showtime television network, directed by Mariano Barroso and based on Julia Álvarez's book of the same name. The story is a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters , Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and ...
Each year, Goodreads, members cast votes for their favorite books, which are then curated into a list of around 15 of the year's best page-turners.This year, nearly 6 million (!) votes were cast ...
In the Time of the Butterflies: Alan Isler: The Prince of West End Avenue: 1995 Stanley Elkin: Mrs. Ted Bliss: Winner [25] Richard Powers: Galatea 2.2: Finalist [25] Richard Ford: Independence Day: Jane Smiley: Moo: Paul West: The Tent of Orange Mist: 1996 Gina Berriault: Women in Their Beds: Winner [26] Louis Begley: About Schmidt: Finalist ...
Time travellers from the late twenty-first to the early twenty-second century go through a one-way time portal to the Earth's Pliocene. The world is controlled by humanoid extraterrestrials. 1982 Life, the Universe and Everything: Douglas Adams: Time travel paradoxes form the basis of this broad comedy, as in the case of the ancient poet ...
Her debut novel, Black Butterflies, is set during siege of Sarajevo and is inspired by the experiences of Morris and her family. [1] [5] In 2023, it was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Ondaatje Prize and the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. [6] [7] [8] It sold 5,979 copies before the 3rd of June 2023. [9]
As some species face extinction, awareness is key, and March 14 is National Learn About Butterflies Dayh 'It takes great change to find your wings': There's no time better than present to learn ...