Parable of the Sower
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4.5 • 473 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood.
Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy—a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
Includes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin
Lauren's story continues in The Parable of the Talents.
"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be unmatched."—The New Yorker
Customer Reviews
Wow!
Loved it. Spooky to read it for the first time in 2024/25!
Incredible
Incredible!
Parable of the Talents is surely next.
Imagined Worlds, Real Questions!
Wow! What a book!
It is impossible not to admire the parallelism with what is happening today, and with it, it is impossible not to think about what I would do in these circumstances.
Some people say that fictional books are a waste of time. I disagree. We can learn so much from fictional characters. Most importantly, they allow us to wear their masks for a while, which can lead to greater introspection and analysis.