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From a famous, award-winning writer, a modern classic about a young girl, who is fighting to survive in a post-epocalic world, is perfect for fans of NK Jemicin and Margaret Atwood.
Fifteen -year -old Lauren Olmina lives inside a gayed community with her preacher father, family and neighbors, which is a shelter of surrounding social chaos and anarchy due to climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, it suffers from hypermpathy – the weakness of sensitivity to others’ feelings.
The erstwhile and clear -eyed, Lauren should hear his voice to protect his loved ones from adjacent disasters to ignore his small community. But whatever begins as a fight to survive, it soon gets something more: birth of a new belief. , , And a shocking vision of human destiny.
An precursor by Lever Burton and NK Jemicine is included later
Lauren’s story continues in the parable of talents.
“In the ongoing competition, on which the diastopian classic is the most applicable for our time, the books of Octavia Butler may be unmatched.” – The New Yorker
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Octavia e. Butler, “Grand Dame of Science Fiction”, was the author of several award -winning novels, including The Penal of the Sowar.
A McArther Foundation “Genius” grant and recipients of several literary awards, they have been acclaimed to their lean prose, strong heroes, and social comments, which are from the distant past to the future.
Asin: B0BZHT26LV
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 28, 2023)
Publication date: March 28, 2023
language English
File Size: 1.1 MB
Text-to-speech: competent
Screen reader: Supported
Increased Typesetting: Competent
X-ray: competent
Word War: Competent
Print Length: 356 pages
Customers say
Customers find the book unforgettable and highly readable, with excellent narration by Lynne Thigpen. The writing style is compelling, and customers appreciate its thought-provoking themes and great life lessons. Moreover, they praise the strong female protagonist and relatable characters of color. The narrative style receives mixed reactions, with customers describing it as a frightening look at a possible future, while the story quality also divides opinions between those who find it believable and those who find it depressing and flat.
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