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the Letters of Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavárez: Love Resistance Time Trujillo
the Letters of Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavárez: Love Resistance Time Trujillo
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The
letters between Dominican revolutionaries Minerva Mirabal Reyes and Manolo
Tavárez Justo tell an intimate story of life and love under the brutal
dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who held power in the nation from 1930 to
1961. Leaders in the 14 of June Movement, Minerva and Manolo were imprisoned
multiple times. Minerva—one of three Mirabal sisters known by the code name
“Las Mariposas” (The Butterflies)—was assassinated with her sisters in 1960;
Manolo was killed in 1963. This translation and critical edition of their
correspondence brings their stories to the English-language readers of the
world.