{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower-by-octavia-e-butler","title":"Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eParable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary, prescient \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller - a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it's one written in the past that has already begun to come true. This is what makes \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower \u003c\/i\u003eeven more impressive than it was when first published'\u003cb\u003e GLORIA STEINEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unnervingly prescient and wise' \u003cb\u003eYAA GYASI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe are coming apart. We're a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren's story continues in\u003ci\u003e Parable of the Talents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time... for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler's novel may be unmatched' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Octavia Butler was a visionary' \u003cb\u003eVIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' \u003cb\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' \u003cb\u003eLUPITA NYONG'O\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBook details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eOctavia E Butler\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eBinding Type\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eHeadline Publishing Group\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eYear published\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e2019-08-20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eISBN 13\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e9781472263667\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eISBN 10\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e1472263669\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eCover note\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eBook picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65487062958429,"sku":"GOR010000153","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/8911\/0621\/files\/1472263669_069006b9-a2a0-4fee-894c-34bc71fd6934.jpg?v=1785935970","url":"https:\/\/www.highscorecomics.com\/products\/parable-of-the-sower-by-octavia-e-butler","provider":"High Score Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}