{"product_id":"9781472281098","title":"Fledgling","description":"Author: Octavia E. Butler\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472281098\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Octavia Butler novel for our times' \u003cb\u003eTHE ATLANTIC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'My book of the year . . . completely devours the genre which gave rise to it' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young girl wakes up in the woods, gravely injured and alone, with no memory of what happened or who she is.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Shori heals, she realises that she isn't like the people around her, which leads to a shocking discovery. She is a fifty-three-year-old vampire, and in terrible danger.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo save herself, Shori must learn anew everything about the power and desires that she holds, the life that was stolen from her - and those who want her dead.\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'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'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'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\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'Her evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375390183582,"sku":"ADS-9781472281098","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472281098.jpg?v=1767669876","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472281098","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}