One woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful,thought-provoking novel by the bestselling,award-winning author. For readers of Margaret Atwood,Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin.
When Lilith lyapo wakes in a small white room with no doors or windows,she remembers a devastating war,and a husband and child long lost to her.
She finds herself living among the Oankali,a strange race who intervened in the fate of humanity hundreds of years before. They spared those they could from the ruined Earth,and suspended them in a long,deep sleep.
Over centuries,the Oankali learned from the past,cured disease and healed the world. Now they want Lilith to lead her people back home. But salvation comes at a price - to restore humanity,it must be changed forever...
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9781472281067Number of pages: 320Weight: 220 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mm
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'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had'- Junot Diaz
'Butler's prose,always pared back to the bone,delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision'- Guardian
'A dark,compelling and still horribly resonant time travel story'- Independent
'(Her) evocative,often troubling,novels explore far-reaching issues of race,sex,power and,ultimately,what it means to be human'- New York Times
'No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant,as gut-wrenching or as essential... If you've ever tweeted "All Lives Matter",someone needs to shove Kindred into your hand,and quickly'- The Pool
'Kindred is that rare magical artifact... the novel one returns to,again and again'- Harlan Ellison
'A searing,caustic examination of bizarre and alien practices on the third planet from the sun'-Kirkus
'One of the most original,thought-provoking works examining race and identity'- Los Angeles Times
Octavia E. Butler
A visionary of dystopian speculative fiction,Octavia E Butler was an award-winning American novelist and short story writer.
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