Parable of the Sower
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4.5 • 598 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
The Parable
This is a well written book about a dystopian America,specifically California. The main character is living in a walled community surrounded by a chaotic world of mayhem, thieving and murder. After the community is overrun , destroyed , leaving her family dead she must move on. She carries with her her own ‘parable of the seed ‘ - her own life doctrine . She realizes that change is the one constant of life. She feels she must spread her doctrine to help heal and save the world. With an interesting cast of characters she walks hundreds of miles through the death and destruction up the California coast.
Amazed
This book is worthy of all its praise! I love Lauren and am just as scared as her for the future. Rest in power to Ms.Butler, I wish she were here today to foresee what the next 50 years will bring. Phenomenal book.
What a timely read!!
This book served as a reminder to me of just how easily people are shaped by greed and survival when things get dire. It makes me look at the deepening divisions in this country with more caution and think about how to become more self sufficient in a world on the decline. The fact that the story is told from a triple minority makes this story even more relatable to me.