Parable of the Sower - Libros.Fedi.CR

Libro electrónico, 299 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 24 de julio de 2012 por Open Road Media Sci-Fi Fantasy.

ISBN:: 978-1-4532-6361-7

The Nebula Award–winning author of Kindred presents a “gripping” dystopian novel about a woman fleeing Los Angeles as America spirals into chaos (The New York Times Book Review).

Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, war, and chronic shortages of water, gasoline, and more. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is facing apocalypse. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north …

The Nebula Award–winning author of Kindred presents a “gripping” dystopian novel about a woman fleeing Los Angeles as America spirals into chaos (The New York Times Book Review).

Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, war, and chronic shortages of water, gasoline, and more. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is facing apocalypse. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.

From a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship who has won multiple Nebula and Hugo Awards, this iconic novel is “a gripping tale of survival and a poignant account of growing up sane in a disintegrating world” (The New York Times Book Review).

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.

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ShiraDestAntonia reseñó Parable of the Sower de Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)

Des contes pour tout le monde a lire et a cuillire/Parables for all of us to read and Sow

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Je suis tellement heureuse d'avoir lu ce bouquin de nouveau. Quand je l'avais lu pour la premiere fois en 2012, je crois que je ne l'avais pas bien compris. Aujourd'hui, en 2021, je reste hebetee que j'avais ratee tellement de choses, comment le fait de que Olamina, la protagoniste, et un autre membre de sa famille qui je ne vais pas nomer, avaitent des ancestres dans les annees 1960 qui avaitent changent de nom de famille pour etre plus proche des nomes de l'Afrique, comment des gens qui j'avais connu dans ma jeunesse. Aussi, Octavia Butler etait presque profetique avec les faits qu'elle a montrait, et les degats aux EEUU d'aujourd'hui, en nous montrant que les EEUU aussi, peuvent devenir un pays du 3me monde. J'espere bien que les citoyennes des EEUU peuvent lire ce livre et apprendre d'avoir de l'empatie. Ce livre et ces 'Clifhangers' sont encroyable, et le …

Je suis tellement heureuse d'avoir lu ce bouquin de nouveau. Quand je l'avais lu pour la premiere fois en 2012, je crois que je ne l'avais pas bien compris. Aujourd'hui, en 2021, je reste hebetee que j'avais ratee tellement de choses, comment le fait de que Olamina, la protagoniste, et un autre membre de sa famille qui je ne vais pas nomer, avaitent des ancestres dans les annees 1960 qui avaitent changent de nom de famille pour etre plus proche des nomes de l'Afrique, comment des gens qui j'avais connu dans ma jeunesse. Aussi, Octavia Butler etait presque profetique avec les faits qu'elle a montrait, et les degats aux EEUU d'aujourd'hui, en nous montrant que les EEUU aussi, peuvent devenir un pays du 3me monde. J'espere bien que les citoyennes des EEUU peuvent lire ce livre et apprendre d'avoir de l'empatie. Ce livre et ces 'Clifhangers' sont encroyable, et le livre vaut bien le pein de lire.

/ I am so glad that I read this book again. When I first read it in 2012, I don't think that I fully understood or appreciated it. Now, in 2021, not only am I surprised at things I hadn't noticed back at the time I first read this book, like how Olamina and one other family who shall not yet, at least not here, be named in order to avoid spoiling this review, had ancestors in the 1960s who chose to rename themselves with African derived names, as back when I was a little kid, I also knew some people who had done that. Also the way in which Octavia Butler imagines the United States continuing in that downward slide, but just a bit faster, as she shows us how we could end up living much the same way refugees to 1st world countries from failed states in South America are living in desperation and fear, and this recital could and hopefully will begin to build empathy in more American citizens. And the nail-biting cliffhanger at the end is nothing short of amazing. Both a moving, and complete ending, and yet still a cliffhanger. This book was incredible.