Parable of the sower
by Octavia E. Butler
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Set thirty years in the future, a young woman suffering from hyperempathy, to feel others' pain as well as her own, makes a dangerous journey north from Southern California.
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La parábola del sembrador
Mar 08, 2021, Capitán Swing Libros
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Parable of the Sower: A powerful tale of a dark and dystopian future
Aug 20, 2019, Headline
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in English
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Parable of the Sower: A Novel
Feb 28, 2017, Seven Stories Press
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in English
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Parable of the Sower
Mar 09, 2000, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
in English
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La Parabole du semeur
January 4, 1999, J'ai lu
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in French
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Parable of the sower
1993, Four Walls Eight Windows
in English
- A Four Walls Eight Windows 1st ed.
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Sequel: Parable of the talents.
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In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.
When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.
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