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The Letters of Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavarez - Love and Resistance in the Time of Trujillo (Hardcover)
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The Letters of Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavarez - Love and Resistance in the Time of Trujillo (Hardcover)
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The letters between Dominican revolutionaries Minerva Mirabal Reyes
and Manolo Tavarez 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 14th 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. Paired with commentary from the couple's daughter,
political activist Minou Tavarez Mirabal, these 117 letters and
telegrams span from the first notes Minerva and Manolo exchanged
while courting in law school to the last message Manolo sent to
7-year-old Minou before his murder. Translator Heather Hennes
introduces the collection with a history of the Trujillo regime and
its opposition, and the book includes a foreword by Michelle
Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Through this volume, readers will discover the human complexities
of the iconic and much-mythologized "Butterfly," Minerva, and will
appreciate the importance of the couple's legacy in the politics
and democratic growth of the country today.
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