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The Parables Boxed Set
Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents
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- On Sale
- Feb 24, 2026
- Page Count
- 848 pages
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- ISBN-13
- 9781538778470
Price
$38.00Price
$49.00 CADFormat
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Parable of the Sower: 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, she 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.
Parable of the Talents: In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction and ruin of everything she knew. Her peaceful community provides refuge for outcasts facing persecution after the election of an ultra-conservative president. Under his rule, Lauren’s colony—a minority religious faction led by a young Black woman—becomes a target for the president’s reign of terror and oppression. Years later, Asha Vere reads the journals of a mother she never knew. As she searches for answers, she struggles to reconcile with the legacy of a mother caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future. Includes a foreword by Akwaeke Emezi.
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"In the ongoing content over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's Parable Books may be unmatched."New Yorker
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"One of the finest voices in fiction--period . . . . A master storyteller with a voice that cradles and captivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignoreance, and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature."Washington Post
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"Butler's narrative skills are impressive."New York Times Book Review
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"Butler does not appear to have intended the Parable novels to be a guidebook--and yet they are. That's true for all of the most powerful science fiction novels: they offer not only accurate visions of the future but also suggestions for coping wih the resulting changes . . . Brilliant."N.K. Jemisin
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