4.2
Fantasy & SciFi
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler paints a stunning portrait of an all-too-believable near future. As with Kindred and her other critically-acclaimed novels, Parable of the Sower skillfully combines startling visionary and socially realistic concepts. God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. The young woman's diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs-and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: if we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars. For her elegant, literate works of science fiction, Octavia E. Butler has been compared to Toni Morrison and Ursula K. LeGuin. Narrator Lynne Thigpen's melodious voice will hold you spellbound throughout this compelling parable of modern society.
© 2009 Recorded Books, Inc. (Luisterboek): 9781440761577
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 26 juni 2009
4.2
Fantasy & SciFi
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler paints a stunning portrait of an all-too-believable near future. As with Kindred and her other critically-acclaimed novels, Parable of the Sower skillfully combines startling visionary and socially realistic concepts. God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. The young woman's diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs-and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: if we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars. For her elegant, literate works of science fiction, Octavia E. Butler has been compared to Toni Morrison and Ursula K. LeGuin. Narrator Lynne Thigpen's melodious voice will hold you spellbound throughout this compelling parable of modern society.
© 2009 Recorded Books, Inc. (Luisterboek): 9781440761577
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 26 juni 2009
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Anne
11 jun 2020
This is Required reading for all SFF fans!!!! Loved this so much and couldnt stop listening
Noël
24 jan 2022
m’n favoriet.
Elisa
28 okt 2023
It is really impressive how Octavia Butler was able to write a YA book filled with tragedy porn (graphic murder scenes, child rape, arson) and still make it extremely boring.
M
5 okt 2023
Loved this book, so much intricate themes beyond and below the storyline.
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