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. (Ljudbok): 9781440761577
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 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. (Ljudbok): 9781440761577
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 26 juni 2009
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Catarina
29 okt. 2020
Scary thoughts of a possible future. Told at a pretty slow pace. I don't agree with the philosophy of the main character, but that made it no less interesting. Very good pick for the voice actor reading it.
Sofie
5 sep. 2020
Another great book by Octavia Butler. She truly has some great ideas. It feels frighteningly timely as a story. Society's collapse after the weather collapses.
Lina
31 aug. 2022
Fantastisk
Ronja
15 okt. 2023
Väldigt välskriven och deprimerande dystopi. Förmodligen världen eller åtminstone USA om 10-30 år
K J
19 maj 2021
En annorlunda bok. Ibland lite svår att få grepp om världen den utspelas i.
Bimr
8 jan. 2022
Mycket fascinerande berättelse.
Madame
3 aug. 2022
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