In the Time of the Butterflies

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historical novel novel

In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez that fictionalizes the lives and martyrdom of the Mirabal sisters under the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

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In the Time of the Butterflies canonical 4
In the Time of the Butterflies (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs In the Time of the Butterflies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: In the Time of the Butterflies (film)
author Julia Alvarez ⓘ
basedOn life of the Mirabal sisters ⓘ
real events ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Dedé Mirabal ⓘ
María Teresa Mirabal ⓘ
Minerva Mirabal ⓘ
Patria Mirabal ⓘ
filmAdaptationFormat television film ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2001 ⓘ
genre biographical novel ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasPerspective retrospective narration by Dedé Mirabal ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin code name "Las Mariposas" of the Mirabal sisters ⓘ
includedIn Latin American and Caribbean literature curricula ⓘ
women's studies curricula ⓘ
literaryMovement Latina literature ⓘ
mainSubject Mirabal sisters ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
resistance to dictatorship ⓘ
narrativeForm multiple first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of the Trujillo regime ⓘ
portrayal of the Mirabal sisters as symbols of resistance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre one of Julia Alvarez's best-known works ⓘ
publicationYear 1994 ⓘ
publisher Algonquin Books ⓘ
setInCountry Dominican Republic ⓘ
setInPeriod Trujillo dictatorship ⓘ
settingCityOrRegion Salcedo ⓘ
Santo Domingo ⓘ
structure four-part novel ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme courage ⓘ
family ⓘ
gender and power ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
political resistance ⓘ
timeSpanOfFictionalEvents 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960 ⓘ

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Julia Alvarez → notableWork → In the Time of the Butterflies ⓘ
Salma Hayek → notableWork → In the Time of the Butterflies ⓘ
In the Time of the Butterflies → adaptedAs → In the Time of the Butterflies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Time of the Butterflies (film)
The Woman I Kept to Myself → relatedWorkByAuthor → In the Time of the Butterflies ⓘ
Afterlife → authorPreviousNotableWork → In the Time of the Butterflies ⓘ