Story
Lauren Olamina grows up in a walled community on the outskirts of Los Angeles as society around her unravels. Scarcity, violence, fire, and lawlessness press in from outside while she hides a condition that makes her feel other people’s pain and pleasure.
When her home is destroyed, Lauren is forced onto the road with other survivors. The journey becomes a test of endurance, trust, and leadership as she tries to protect herself and the people who join her.
As she moves north, Lauren develops and records a new belief system centered on change and survival. The story follows both the physical journey and the emergence of a new community and philosophy in a broken world.
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Details
- Authors
- Octavia E. Butler
- First published
- 1993
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Dystopia, Classics, Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction · Twenty-first century · African Americans · Science fiction · Audiobooks · General · Fiction, science fiction, general · California, fiction · African americans, fiction · American literature · nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2020-09-13 · New York Times bestseller · Fiction, dystopian · Comics & graphic novels, science fiction · Dystopias · African American women · Psychic ability · Faith · Literary · Survival · Comic books, strips · Black Teenage girls · Environmental disasters · Graphic novels · COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Historical Fiction · COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Science Fiction · Dystopian · African American · Women · Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic · African americans--fiction · Twenty-first century--fiction · Ps3552.u827 p37 2000 · 813/.54 · 21.39 graphic arts: other · Adaptations
- ISBN-13
- 9780446675505
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