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ISBN-10: 153875939X
ISBN-13: 9781538759394
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publish Date: 12/19/2023
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 1.20" H

Parable of the Sower

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Overview

The collector’s edition of the acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the visionary Octavia Butler, now with a new introduction by LeVar Burton.

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. 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.

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"A brilliant, endlessly rich dystopian novel that pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale, and it's also a fascinating exploration of how crises can fuel new religious and ideological movements."–John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down, New York Times
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Details

ISBN-10: 153875939X
ISBN-13: 9781538759394
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publish Date: 12/19/2023
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 1.20" H
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