{"product_id":"fledgling-9781472281098","title":"Fledgling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''The Octavia Butler novel for our times'' \u003cb\u003eTHE ATLANTIC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''My book of the year . . . completely devours the genre which gave rise to it'' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DÍAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young girl wakes up in the woods, gravely injured and alone, with no memory of what happened or who she is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739454484823,"sku":"9781472281098","price":8.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472281098.jpg?v=1720052294","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fledgling-9781472281098","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}