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Kindred: 25th Anniversary Editionby Octavia E. Butler
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the classic novel that has sold over 250,000 copies.
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back again and again for Rufus, yet each time the stay grows longer and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana"s life will end, long before it has even begun. Review:"Butler's literary craftsmanship is superb." The Washington Post Book World Review:"In Kindred Octavia Butler creates a road for the impossible, and a balm for the unbearable. It is everything the literature of science fiction can be." Walter Mosley, author of the Easy Rawlins series Review:"Kindred is a shattering work of art with much to say about love, hate, slavery and racial dilemmas, then and now." Los Angeles Herald Examiner Review:"Truly terrifying....A book you'll find hard to put down." Essence Review:"Butler"s books are exceptional....She is a realist, writing the most detailed social criticism and creating some of the most fascinating female characters in the genre...real women caught in impossible situations." The Village Voice Review:"Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time and Kindred is that rare magical artifact...the novel one returns to, again and again, through the years, to learn, to be humbled, and to be renewed." Harlan Ellison Synopsis:This 25th anniversary edition, about a modern black woman who is snatched away to the antebellum South, is a classic work with "much to say about love, hate, slavery, and racial dilemmas, then and now" (Los Angeles Herald Examiner). Synopsis:The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the classic novel that has sold over 250,000 copies< BR> < BR> Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back again and again for Rufus, yet each time the stay grows longer and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana& #39; s life will end, long before it has even begun.< BR> < BR> & quot; In Kindred Octavia Butler creates a road for the impossible, and a balm for the unbearable. It is everything the literature of science fiction can be.& quot; < BR> & mdash; Walter Mosley< BR> < BR> & quot; Kindred] is a shattering work of art with much to say about love, hate, slavery and racial dilemmas, then and now.& quot; < BR> & mdash; Los Angeles Herald Examiner< BR> < BR> & quot; Truly terrifying. . . . A book you& #39; ll find hard to put down.& quot; < BR> & #175; Essence< BR> < BR> & quot; Butler& #39; s books are exceptional. . . . She is a realist, writing the most detailed social criticism and creating some of the most fascinating female characters in the genre . . . real women caught in impossible situations.& quot; < BR> & #175; The Village Voice< BR> < BR> & quot; Butler& #39; s literary craftsmanship is superb.& quot; & mdash; The Washington Post Book World Synopsis:The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the classic novel that has sold over 250,000 copies Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back again and again for Rufus, yet each time the stay grows longer and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has even begun. “In Kindred Octavia Butler creates a road for the impossible, and a balm for the unbearable. It is everything the literature of science fiction can be.” —Walter Mosley “[Kindred] is a shattering work of art with much to say about love, hate, slavery and racial dilemmas, then and now.” —Los Angeles Herald Examiner “Truly terrifying. . . . A book you’ll find hard to put down.” ZEssence “Butler’s books are exceptional. . . . She is a realist, writing the most detailed social criticism and creating some of the most fascinating female characters in the genre . . . real women caught in impossible situations.” ZThe Village Voice “Butler’s literary craftsmanship is superb.”—The Washington Post Book World About the AuthorOctavia E. Butler is the author of many novels, including Dawn, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Award and a Nebula Award, and she has twice won the Hugo Award. She passed away on February 24, 2006, at the age of 58. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 4 comments: 
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