{"product_id":"dawn-9781472281067","title":"Dawn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century'' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful, thought-provoking novel by the bestselling, award-winning author. For readers of Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Lilith lyapo wakes in a small white room with no doors or windows, she remembers a devastating war, and a husband and child long lost to her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe finds herself living among the Oankali, a strange race who intervened in the fate of humanity hundreds of years before. They spared those they could from the ruined Earth, and suspended them in a long, deep sleep. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver centuries, the Oankali learned from the past, cured disease and healed the world. Now they want Lilith to lead her people back home. But salvation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had -- Junot Diaz\u003cbr\u003eButler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA dark, compelling and still horribly resonant time travel story * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e[Her] evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eNo novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential... If you've ever tweeted \"All Lives Matter\", someone needs to shove \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e into your hand, and quickly * The Pool *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKindred \u003c\/i\u003eis that rare magical artifact . . . the novel one returns to, again and again * Harlan Ellison *\u003cbr\u003eOne cannot finish \u003ci\u003eKindred \u003c\/i\u003ewithout feeling changed. It is a shattering work of art * Los Angeles Herald-Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e[A] must-read novel * BBC *\u003cbr\u003eEveryone should read at least one novel by the grand dame of science fiction, and \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect (and harrowing and disturbing and brilliant) place to start * Refinery 29 *\u003cbr\u003eThe immediate effect of reading Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e is to make every other time travel book in the world look as if it's wimping out... This is a brilliant book, utterly absorbing, very well written, and deeply distressing. It's very hard to read, not because it's not good but because it's so good * Tor *\u003cbr\u003eA searing, caustic examination of bizarre and alien practices on the third planet from the sun * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most original, thought-provoking works examining race and identity * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eImpossible to turn away from once you've devoured the first few pages * Starburst *\u003cbr\u003eIf you haven't read Butler, you don't yet understand how rich the possibilities of science fiction can be * Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction *\u003cbr\u003eButler's books are exceptional * Village Voice *\u003cbr\u003eFew writers in our field are so good at blending page-turners with philosophical questions so seamlessly -- Cory Doctorow\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084002009431,"sku":"9781472281067","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472281067.jpg?v=1725550728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dawn-9781472281067","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}