Octavia E. Butler Parable of the Talents (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Parable of the TalentsCondition: NewSubtitle: winner of the Nebula AwardAuthor: Octavia E. ButlerFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 1035410095EAN: 9781035410095ISBN: 9781035410095Publisher: Headline Book PublishingGenre: FictionTopic: Science FictionRelease Date: 04/25/2024Description: A special hardback edition of Octavia E. Butler's extraordinarily prescient novel, with new cover artwork by Monet Alyssa.'Octavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same' GLORIA STEINEMIn order for me to understand who I am, I must begin to understand who she was.Asha was born into a broken world. There are many things she needs to know: how her country could embrace a violent, far-right President promising to make America great again, why they turned a blind eye to the suffering - and the truth about her mother.In her journals, Lauren Olamina tells of a great love divided between her young daughter, her community and the revelation that led her to found a new faith that teaches 'God Is Change'. But under a tyrannical religious regime who consider the mere existence of a black female leader a threat, Lauren knows she must soon either sacrifice her daughter and her followers - or forsake the beliefs that could transform human destiny.WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVELLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 600gRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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