![]() Like his main characters, he attended seminary in Santo Domingo. Viriato Sencion's life parallels his book even more directly. Just 10 years old when she became an exile, Julia Alvarez grew up on tales of anti-Trujillo activists one of these serves as the basis for her novel. ![]() In 1960, Julia Alvarez's father fled with his family to New York City to escape Rafael Trujillo's secret police. The authors of both novels share Dominican heritage and United States residence. Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies would work well as a fictional supplement in many courses, while Viriato Sencion's They Forged the Signature of God would deepen advanced students' understanding of modern Dominican history. Two recent Dominican historical novels offer intriguing, although widely divergent, opportunities for classroom use. ![]() Felten (Tulsa Community College)ĭominican Historical Novels in the Classroom Willimantic, Conn.: Curbstone Press, 1995. ![]()
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