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Parable of the Sower

Parable, book 1

Par / By Octavia E. Butler

 

[FR] Ce roman post-apocalyptique d’espoir et de terreur d’un auteur primé “se marie bien avec 1984 ou The Handmaid’s Tale” et comprend une préface de N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times).

 

[EN] This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author “pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid’s Tale” and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times).

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Lorsque le changement climatique mondial et les crises économiques entraînent un chaos social au début des années 2020, la Californie devient pleine de dangers, depuis la pénurie d’eau omniprésente jusqu’aux masses de vagabonds prêts à tout pour vivre un jour de plus. Lauren Olamina, 15 ans, vit dans une communauté fermée avec son père prêcheur, sa famille et ses voisins, à l’abri de l’anarchie ambiante. Dans une société où toute vulnérabilité est un risque, elle souffre d’hyperempathie, une sensibilité débilitante aux émotions des autres.

Précoce et lucide, Lauren doit faire entendre sa voix pour protéger ses proches des catastrophes imminentes que sa petite communauté s’obstine à ignorer. Mais ce qui commence comme un combat pour la survie débouche bientôt sur quelque chose de bien plus important : la naissance d’une nouvelle foi […] et une vision surprenante de la destinée humaine.

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When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions.

Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.

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Auteur.rice / Author

Née à Pasadena en 1947, longtemps considérée comme une des femmes les plus connues dans le domaine de la science-fiction, Octavia E. Butler devient célèbre en 1979 avec Kindred, le récit d’une jeune fille qui voyage dans le temps et rencontre ses ancêtres esclaves. Lauréate du prix Hugo 1984 et 1985 dans la catégorie nouvelles et du prix Nebula 1994 pour La Parabole des talents, ainsi que du très prestigieux prix MacArthur Grant « Genius », elle est le premier écrivain de science-fiction à recevoir cette distinction. Octavia E. Butler est décédée en 2006 à Seattle, à 59 ans.

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Born in Pasadena in 1947 and long considered one of the best-known women in science fiction, Octavia E. Butler became famous in 1979 with Kindred, the story of a young girl who travels back in time and meets her slave ancestors. Winner of the 1984 and 1985 Hugo Awards for short stories and the 1994 Nebula Award for La Parabole des talents, as well as the prestigious MacArthur Grant “Genius” Award, she is the first science fiction writer to receive this distinction. Octavia E. Butler died in 2006 in Seattle at the age of 59.

Praise

“Brilliant, endlessly rich…pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid’s Tale.“―John Green, New York Times (on Parable of the Sower)

Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life . . . It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written.”―Viola Davis

“If we’re talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, the one-and-only Octavia Butler needs be a part of the conversation. The groundbreaking sci-fi and speculative fiction author was a master of spinning imaginative tales that introduced you to both the possibilities — and dangers — of the human race, all while offering lessons on tribalism, race, gender, and sexuality.”―O, The Oprah Magazine

“A revolutionary voice in her lifetime, Butler has only become more popular and influential . . . A generation of younger writers cite her as an influence, from Jemisin and Tochi Onyebuchi to Marlon James and Nnedi Okarafor . . .She is now praised as a visionary who anticipated many of the issues in the news today, from the coronavirus to climate change to the election of President Donald Trump.”―Associated Press

“An internationally acclaimed science fiction writer whose evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human.”―New York Times

“More than any novel I’ve ever read, Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed examines power, what it means to wield it responsibly and what it means to resist it when it is wielded capriciously.”―Rion Amilcar Scott, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of Insurrections

“Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction-period . . . A master storyteller with a voice that cradles and captivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and ignorance, and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature.”―Washington Post Book World

“In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable’ books may be unmatched.”―New Yorker

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