Parable of the Sower

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<p><b>The extraordinary, prescient <i>New York Times</i> bestseller - a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.</b></p><p>'If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it's one written in the past that has already begun to come true. This is what makes <i>Parable of the Sower </i>even more impressive than it was when first published'<b> GLORIA STEINEM</b></p><p>'Unnervingly prescient and wise' <b>YAA GYASI</b></p><p><i>We are coming apart. We're a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.</i></p><p>America is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal.</p><p>Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves.</p><p>Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.</p><p><b>Lauren's story continues in<i> Parable of the Talents</i>.</b></p><p><b>PRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER</b></p><p>'In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time... for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler's novel may be unmatched' <b>NEW YORKER</b></p><p>'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' <b>GUARDIAN</b></p><p>'Octavia Butler was a visionary' <b>VIOLA DAVIS</b></p><p>'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' <b>JUNOT DIAZ</b></p><p>'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' <b>VANITY FAIR</b></p><p>'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to s

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EAN

9781472263667

Sprache

Englisch

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Maße

195 x 128 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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