Parable of the talents

a novel

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Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the talents (1998, Seven Stories Press)

365 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 1998 by Seven Stories Press.

ISBN:
978-1-888363-81-4
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OCLC Number:
39478160

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Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government. This is the story of the group's struggle to preserve its vision.

As the government turns a blind eye to the violent bigots who consider a black female leader a threat, Lauren Olamina must either sacrifice her child and her followers or forsake her religion. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence,

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Subjects

  • Young women -- Fiction
  • Twenty-first century -- Fiction