Kindred by Octavia Butler (English) Paperback Book

Description: Kindred by Octavia Butler This 25th anniversary edition, about a modern black woman who is snatched away to the antebellum South, celebrates a classic work with "much to say about love, hate, slavery, and racial dilemmas, then and now" ("Los Angeles Herald Examiner"). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. ("You have to read them.")From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur "Genius" Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now. "I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm." Danas torment begins when she suddenly vanishes on her 26th birthday from California, 1976, and is dragged through time to antebellum Maryland to rescue a boy named Rufus, heir to a slaveowners plantation. She soon realizes the purpose of her summons to the past: protect Rufus to ensure his assault of her Black ancestor so that she may one day be born. As she endures the traumas of slavery and the soul-crushing normalization of savagery, Dana fights to keep her autonomy and return to the present. Blazing the trail for neo-slavery narratives like Colson Whiteheads The Underground Railroad and Ta-Nehisi Coatess The Water Dancer, Butler takes one of speculative fictions oldest tropes and infuses it with lasting depth and power. Dana not only experiences the cruelties of slavery on her skin but also grimly learns to accept it as a condition of her own existence in the present. "Where stories about American slavery are often gratuitous, reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality, Kindred is controlled and precise" (New York Times)."Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think its absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream." —N. K. Jemisin Developed for television by writer/executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen), executive producers also include Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans, The Patient), and Darren Aronofsky (The Whale). Janicza Bravo (Zola) is director and an executive producer of the pilot. Kindred stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, and Gayle Rankin. Back Cover Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned across the years to save him. After this first summons, Dana is drawn back, again and again, to the plantation to protect Rufus and ensure that he will grow to manhood and father the daughter who will become Danas ancestor. Yet each time Danas sojourns become longer and more dangerous, until it is uncertain whether or not her life will end, long before it has even begun. Author Biography Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) was the author of many novels, including Dawn, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. She was the recipient of a MacArthur Award and a Nebula Award, and she twice won the Hugo Award. Table of Contents PrologueThe RiverThe FireThe FallThe FightThe StormThe RopeEpilogueReaders GuideCritical EssayDiscussion Questions Review "Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think its absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream."—N. K. Jemisin"In Kindred, Octavia Butler creates a road for the impossible and a balm for the unbearable. It is everything the literature of science fiction can be."—Walter Mosley"A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail."—Stephen Kearse, New York Times"Truly terrifying . . . A book youll find hard to put down."—Essence"This powerful novel about a modern black woman transported back in time to a slave plantation in the antebellum South is the perfect introduction to Butlers work and perspectives for those not usually enamored of science fiction. . . . A harrowing, haunting story."—John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer"Sixteen years after Butlers death, her legacy of fierce imagination feels more relevant than ever. With Kindred illuminating so much of the most compelling speculative fiction, the book stands as an icon for recasting todays challenges—envisioning new role models and possibilities in the process."—Sheree Renée Thomas, Scientific American"Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time, and Kindred is that rare magical artifact . . . the novel one returns to, again and again."—Harlan Ellison"One of the most original, thought-provoking works examining race and identity."—Lynell George, Los Angeles Times"A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery."—Sherley Anne Williams, Ms."One cannot finish Kindred without feeling changed. It is a shattering work of art with much to say about love, hate, slavery, and racial dilemmas, then and now." —Sam Frank, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner"Butlers books are exceptional . . . She is a realist, writing the most detailed social criticism and creating some of the most fascinating female characters in the genre . . . real women caught in impossible situations."—Dorothy Allison, Village Voice"Butlers literary craftsmanship is superb."—Washington Post Book World"No other work of fantasy or science fiction writings brings the intimate environment of the antebellum South to life better than Octavia E. Butlers Kindred." —Kevin Weston, San Francisco Chronicle "A celebrated mainstay of college courses in womens studies and black literature and culture; some colleges require it as mandatory freshman reading." —Linell Smith, The Baltimore Sun"Kindred is as much a novel of psychological horror as it is a novel of science fiction. . .a work of art whose individual accomplishment defies categorization." —Barbara Strickland, The Austin Chronicle"Her books are disturbing, unsettling… In a field dominated by white male authors, Butlers African-American feminist perspective is unique, and uniquely suited to reshape the boundaries of the sci-fi genre." —Bill Glass, L. A. Style Review Quote "Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think its absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream." --N. K. Jemisin "In Kindred , Octavia Butler creates a road for the impossible and a balm for the unbearable. It is everything the literature of science fiction can be." --Walter Mosley "A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail." --Stephen Kearse, New York Times "Truly terrifying . . . A book youll find hard to put down."-- Essence "This powerful novel about a modern black woman transported back in time to a slave plantation in the antebellum South is the perfect introduction to Butlers work and perspectives for those not usually enamored of science fiction. . . . A harrowing, haunting story." --John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Sixteen years after Butlers death, her legacy of fierce imagination feels more relevant than ever. With Kindred illuminating so much of the most compelling speculative fiction, the book stands as an icon for recasting todays challenges--envisioning new role models and possibilities in the process." --Sheree Ren Promotional "Headline" "[Kindred] is a shattering work of art with much to say about love, hate, slavery and racial dilemmas, then and now." -Los Angeles Herald Examiner"Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time and Kindred is that rare magical artifact . . . the novel one returns to, again and again, through the years, to learn, to be humbled, and to be renewed."-Harlan Ellison"Truly terrifying . . . A book youll find hard to put down."-Essence"Butlers books are exceptional . . . She is a realist, writing the most detailed social criticism and creating some of the most fascinating female characters in the genre . . . real women caught in impossible situations."-Village Voice"Butlers literary craftsmanship is superb."-Washington Post Book World Details ISBN0807083690 Short Title KINDRED ANNIV/E 25/E Edition Description Anniversary Series Bluestreak Language English Edition 25th ISBN-10 0807083690 ISBN-13 9780807083697 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Residence Pasadena, CA, US Imprint Beacon Press DOI 10.1604/9780807083697 Place of Publication Boston, MA Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2004-02-01 NZ Release Date 2004-02-01 US Release Date 2004-02-01 UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Pages 288 Publisher Beacon Press Publication Date 2004-02-01 DEWEY 813 Audience General Audience Age 14 Author Octavia Butler We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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