Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower
ISBN-10
0704344211
ISBN-13
9780704344211
Series
Parable of the Sower
Category
Fiction / Dystopian
Pages
299
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Women's Press
Author
Octavia E. Butler

Description

Set in a California where civilization has all but broken down and poverty and unspeakable violence is the norm, teenage Lauren Olamina, knowing there must be a better way to live, invents Earthseed, an entirely new religion.

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