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Set in 2025, "Parable of the Sower" follows Lauren Olamina and her family living in one of the few secure neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Their enclave, defended by walls and guided by Lauren’s father—a preacher—struggles to preserve remnants of culture amid widespread drug use, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. Lauren, burdened with hyperempathy, feels the pain of others intensely. When arson destroys their compound and kills her family, she is forced into the perilous open world. Together with a group of refugees, Lauren embarks northward, where she develops a revolutionary concept that may offer a pathway to salvation for humanity.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Dystopian Fiction
Authors: Octavia E. Butler
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