Octavia E. Butler's 1979 masterpiece and ground-breaking exploration of power and responsibility,the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood,separated by so much more than time. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale,The Power and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing. With an original foreword by Ayobami Adebayo.
'(Her) evocative,often troubling,novels explore far-reaching issues of race,sex,power and,ultimately,what it means to be human'-New York Times
In 1976,Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815,she is assumed a slave.
When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation,he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again.
Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened,nor the significance of the ties that bind them.
And each time Dana saves him,the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it's even begun.
Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood,separated by so much more than time.
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9781472258229Number of pages: 320Weight: 220 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 22 mm
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'Butler's prose,always pared back to the bone,delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision'- Guardian
'(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 #AllLivesMatter,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
'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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