In the Time of the Butterflies - Hardcover

Alvarez, Julia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565120388 ISBN 13: 9781565120389

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1994

Synopsis

Alvarez, Julia. In the time of the butterflies. [Signed] First Edition. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1994. 23cm. 325 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition signed first edition with only very minor signs of external wear. It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas-"The Butterflies." (Amazon)

About this title

Review:

"Imagination and history in sublime combination . . . Read this book for the novel it is. Read this book for the place it takes you. Read this book and take courage." --The Denver Post

Synopsis:

A story based on actual events evokes the horror of the Dominican Republic under dictator General Trujillo, as three sisters die in a jeep "accident".

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1565120388
• ISBN 13: 9781565120389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1