{"product_id":"9781472281074","title":"Adulthood Rites","description":"Author: Octavia E. Butler\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472281074\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Octavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same' \u003cb\u003eGLORIA STEINEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Her evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewhat it means to be human' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the groundbreaking, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e: one young man with extraordinary gifts must reconcile his own heritage before he can change the fate of humanity. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLilith's son Akin looks like an ordinary child. His family live together on Earth, but not in complete peace. The Oankali saved humanity years before, compelled by the desire to create an extraordinary new race of children. But there are those who resist the Oankali and the salvation they offer.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first of his kind, Akin is more powerful than any other being. He understands the desire to fight for the independence of humanity. He also fears that, if left alone, humanity will destroy itself again.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd when young Akin is stolen from Lilith and their hybrid family, he soon faces an impossible choice. But first he must reconcile with his own heritage in a world already torn in two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\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'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\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":46375390019742,"sku":"ADS-9781472281074","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472281074.jpg?v=1767669873","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472281074","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}