Book
Parable of the sower
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538732182 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
xii, 345 pages ; 21 cm
regular print - Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright: ©1993
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new foreword from award-winning author N. K. Jemison"--Cover. First Grand Central Publishing edition, 2000 ; reissued 2019. Original copyright, ©1993. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | California, Southern -- Fiction Twenty-first century -- Fiction African Americans -- California, Southern -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Science fiction Dystopian fiction |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Campus Library | BUTLEO PARAB (Text) | B001697051 | Paperbacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
