{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower-1-earthseed","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary, prescient NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling novel.\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. This is what makes \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e even more impressive than it was when first published' \u003cb\u003eGLORIA STEINEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Unnervingly prescient and wise' \u003cb\u003eYAA GYASI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWe are coming apart. We're a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e America 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\u003e Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time... for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler's novel may be unmatched' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Octavia Butler was a visionary' \u003cb\u003eVIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\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 'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' \u003cb\u003eLUPITA NYONG'O\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43583166513349,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Parable_20of_20the_20Sower.jpg?v=1716625989","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/parable-of-the-sower-1-earthseed","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}