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Time of the Butterflies
Title: Time of the Butterflies
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 580 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Time of the Butterflies
Time of the Butterflies
In the world of historical fiction, there are few new and innovative writers, and not often are new styles
developed. In the styles of Leon Uris and James Michener, two prolific modern historical fiction novelists,
usually the main characters are chronicled over a short period of time in their lives, and their feelings are
used only to outline the political matters they are surrounded by. In the Time of the Butterflies …showed first 75 words of 580 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 580 total…feeling.
A typical critic would be hard-pressed to find a novel comparable to In the Time of the Butterflies in
emotional effect and historical significance. Alvarez is a fantastic writer and can bring many a reader to
tears, but the emotional effect can be a bit much for such a book. However, it is a true story, and to make it
bland enough to not be as powerful as it is would be a travesty.
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