Parable of the Sower

Octavia Butler

ISBN 10: 1419731335 / ISBN 13: 9781419731334

Published by Abrams & Chronicle Books Ltd Jan 2020, 2020

About this Item

Neuware - Damian Duffy adapts Octavia Butler's resurgently popular science fiction engagement with themes of identity, economic crisis and environmental obligation. Duffy's regular collaborator John Jennings provides the artwork.

Seller Inventory # 9781419731334

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parable of the Sower
• Publisher: Abrams & Chronicle Books Ltd Jan 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419731335
• ISBN 13: 9781419731334
• Binding: Buch
• Illustrator: Jennings, John
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 253W x 161H x 24D millimeters 253 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 904 grams

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Synopsis

The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don't-miss classic that resonates today more than ever. As The Washington Post noted: “A 1993 dystopian novel imagined the world in 2024. It’s eerily accurate.”

This Hugo Award Winner for Best Graphic Story or Comic is the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller. 

In this graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America’s future.

In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher’s daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community.

In a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.

“Alarmingly prescient and relevant. This accessible adaptation is poised to introduce Butler’s dystopian tale to a new generation of readers.” ―Publishers Weekly

“The graphic novel is faithful to Butler, yet still fresh in its world building.” ―USA Today

Includes an introduction by SFWA Grand Master Nalo Hopkinson 

About the Author

Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) was a renowned African American author who was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. Since her death, sales of her books have increased enormously as the issues she addressed in her Afro-Futuristic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant.
 
Damian Duffy, author of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation and Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, is a cartoonist, scholar, writer, and teacher. He holds a MS and PhD in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is on the faculty.
 
John Jennings is the curator of the Megascope list and illustrator of the graphic novel adaptations of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred and Parable of the Sower. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside.