{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful new edition of a modern classic by celebrated, award-winning author, Octavia E. Butler. With an introduction  by Levar Burton and an afterword by N.K. Jemisin.\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'' \u003cb\u003eGLORIA STEINEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe are coming apart. We''re a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003ePraise for Octavia E. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Unnervingly prescient and wise'' \u003cb\u003eYAA GYASI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Butler''s prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003ewith compelling precision'' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate\u003cbr\u003ethe impact she has had'' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Butler''s evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human'' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\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''Octavia Butler was a visionary'' \u003cb\u003eVIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483557568885,"sku":"9781035441372","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035441372.jpg?v=1786178739","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/parable-of-the-sower","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}