Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E Butler
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ISBN: 9781538732182
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: 4/30/19
Binding: Paperback
Age Range: -
Grade Range: NA-NA
Series: Parable, Parable, 1, 1
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Language: English
BISAC: Fiction, Literary, Dystopian, African American & Black, Women, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, and Coming of Age
Related Subjects: African Americans, California, Southern, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / African American / Women, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Pos, Science fiction, and Dystopias
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From a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood.
Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy--a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.Includes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin
Lauren's story continues in The Parable of the Talents.
"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be unmatched."--The New Yorker