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Parable of the talents / Octavia E. Butler.

Butler, Octavia E. (Author).

Summary:

Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter-from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life-with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0446675784
  • ISBN: 9781538732199
  • Physical Description: xv, 423 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: Grand Central Publishing edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Aspect."
Includes Reading Group Guide questions.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.9 21 35655.
Subject: Twenty-first century > Fiction.
Young women > United States > Fiction.
Genre: Political fiction.
Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Toe River Valley Regional Library .

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Mitchell County Public Library FIC BUT (Text) 32222002857292 Adult Fiction Available -

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