Parable of the Sower: A Novel - Hardcover

Butler, Octavia E.

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9781609807191: Parable of the Sower: A Novel
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1609807197 ISBN 13: 9781609807191
Publisher: Seven Stories Press, 2017

Synopsis

A New York Times Book of the Year · Nebula Award nominee · Featuring an introduction by Gloria Steinem

From the pioneering New York Times bestselling science fiction author of Kindred.

The radically speculative odyssey of a young Black woman in a post-apocalyptic America and the community she cultivates despite the horrors of climate change and social inequality

The time is 2025. The place is California, where small, walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and roaming bands of people addicted to a drug that activates an orgasmic desire to burn, rape, and murder.

When one small community is overrun, Lauren Olamina, an 18-year-old Black woman with the hereditary train of "hyperempathy"—which causes her to feel others’ pain as her own—sets off on foot along the dangerous coastal highways, moving north into the unknown.

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About the Author

A writer who darkly imagined the future we have destined for ourselves in book after book, and also one who has shown us the way toward improving on that dismal fate, OCTAVIA E. BUTLER (1947–2006) is recognized as among the bravest and smartest of contemporary fiction writers. A 1995 MacArthur Award winner, Butler transcended the science fiction category even as she was awarded that community’s top prizes, the Nebula and Hugo Awards. She reached readers of all ages, all races, and all religious and sexual persuasions. For years the only African-American woman writing science fiction, Butler has encouraged many others to follow in her path.

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Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1609807197
ISBN 13 
9781609807191
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336
Rating
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