Kelebekler Zamanı

“When we were kids, we had a game called Dark Passage. We would go out to the garden at night and compete with each other to see who could walk the farthest. I must have passed this guardrail once or twice. But Minerva would take care of herself; We would call after him and beg him to come back. Still, I remember, he would stop right here for a moment, square his shoulders, brace himself. I knew it wasn't that easy for him either.”

It wasn't easy for any of them; neither for the exemplary Catholic Patria, who is devoted to her family, nor for the idealistic Minerva, nor for the sweet, young Mate, her greatest confidant. These are the adjectives deemed appropriate for them, this is how they distinguish themselves from each other. What they have in common is their courage. So where does this courage come from? Well, they say you don't believe in a hammer until the nail is hammered...

Julia Alvarez does not tell us about the legendary Mirabal sisters. His pen draws four pictures of four lives like a brush, without giving any opportunity to glorify or glorify. “The same desire to deify created our tyrant,” says Alvarez. That's why his butterflies are afraid of the noodles in his soup, he keeps the Trujillo picture under his pillow, and he sleeps with his crucifix at night to keep his hands, which he is ashamed of, busy. This story is the story of how heroes became heroes...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 1. Dough

Size: 13x20

Number of Prints: 1. Publication

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Pages: 400

Media Type : Paperback

Original Name : In The Time Of The Butterflies

Original Language : English