Back في زمن الفراشات (رواية) Arabic En el tiempo de las mariposas Spanish در زمانه پروانهها Persian Il tempo delle farfalle Italian
 First edition | |
| Author | Julia Alvarez |
|---|---|
| Original title | In the Time of the Butterflies |
| Translator | Rolando Costa Picazo |
| Language | English and Spanish language |
| Genre | Historical Fiction |
| Publisher | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
Publication date | 1994 (English) 2001 (Spanish) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 344 pp (first edition, hardback) 427 pp (paperback/Spanish) |
| ISBN | 978-1-56512-038-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 30319222 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3551.L845 I5 1994 |
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. First published in 1994, the story was adapted into a feature film in 2001.
- ^ "In the Time of the Butterflies". National Endowment for the Arts.