Parable of the sower

Parable of the sower

• Parable of the Sower: the New York Times bestseller

<p><b>This first </b><i><b>Earthseed</b></i><b> novel by </b><b>ground-breaking</b><b> writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to </b><i><b>T</b></i><b><i>he Handmaid's Tale</i></b><b>, you'll love this beautiful new edition of a seminal American classic.</b></p><p><b><i><font size="+1"> </i></b><b>'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' Gloria Steinem </b><b><i></font></i></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> <i>All that you touch,</i><br> <i>You Change.</i><br> <i>All that you Change,</i><br> <i>Changes you.</i></p><p><b><i><font size="+1"> </i></b><b>What readers are saying about Octavia Butler: </b><b><i></font></i></b></p><p>'<b><i>Kindred</i> was written in 1979 but could have been written last year. Incredible. I couldn't put it down</b>'</p><p>'<b>Emotionally and viscerally alive and challenging</b>. I don't know how I missed it before now'</p><p>'A <b>masterpiece by a matchless artist</b>. Butler is <b>simply sublime</b>'</p><p>'<b>Reading these books will change your life</b>'</p><p>'A<b> finely crafted work</b>, rife with <b>emotional power, horrifying in its believability</b>, with<b> a message that cannot be ignored</b>'</p>