{"product_id":"9781472258229","title":"Kindred","description":"Author: Octavia E. Butler\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472258229\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 May 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOctavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayobami Adebayo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again. Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it's even begun.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential' \u003cb\u003eCAROLINE O'DONOGHUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**MAJOR TV SERIES NOW ON DISNEY+**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Unnervingly prescient and wise' \u003cb\u003eYAA GYASI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Butler's evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human'\u003cb\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Octavia Butler was a visionary' \u003cb\u003eVIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' \u003cb\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46378769973406,"sku":"ADS-9781472258229","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472258229.jpg?v=1767759656","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472258229","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}