Parable of the Sower - Softcover

Butler, Octavia E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446601977 ISBN 13: 9780446601979

Publisher: Time Warner International, 1995

Synopsis

Parable of the Sower is the odyssey of one woman who is twice as feeling in a world that has become doubly dehumanized. The time is 2025. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and roaming bands of "Paints, " 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, sets off on foot, moving north along the dangerous coastal highways. She is a "sharer, " one who suffers from a hereditary trait called "hyperempathy, " which causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own. Parable of the Sower is both a coming of age novel and a road novel, set in the near future, when the dying embers of our old civilization can either cool or be the catalyst for something new.

About this title

Review:

"THERE ISN'T A PAGE IN THIS VIVID AND FRIGHTENING STORY THAT FAILS TO GRIP THE READER".

-- SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

About the Author:

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, often referred to as the "grand dame of science fiction," was the author of several award-winning novels including Parable of the Talents, winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and numerous literary awards, she has been acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. She passed away on February 24, 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Time Warner International
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0446601977
• ISBN 13: 9780446601979
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304