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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

A Novel

By Octavia E. Butler
Introduction by Toshi Reagon

By Octavia E. Butler
Introduction by Toshi Reagon

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Hardcover $26.00

Feb 28, 2017 | 416 Pages

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Hardcover
Feb 28, 2017 | 416 Pages

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About Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994’s Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina’s daughter—from whom she has been separated for most of the girl’s life—with sections in the form of Lauren’s journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet.

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Product Details

Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Literary Fiction

Hardcover | $26.00
Published by Seven Stories Press
Feb 28, 2017 | 416 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781609807207

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Awards

Nebula Award WINNER 1999

Locus Awards NOMINEE 1999

Arthur C. Clarke Award SHORTLIST 2001

Publishers Weekly Best Books AWARD 1998

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