{"product_id":"kindred-by-octavia-e-butler-9781472258229","title":"Kindred","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOctavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayobami Adebayo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' \u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' \u003cstrong\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' \u003cstrong\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again. Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it's even begun.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential' \u003cstrong\u003eCAROLINE O'DONOGHUE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAJOR TV SERIES NOW ON DISNEY+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Unnervingly prescient and wise' \u003cstrong\u003eYAA GYASI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Butler's evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' \u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' \u003cstrong\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Octavia Butler was a visionary' \u003cstrong\u003eVIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and centre' \u003cstrong\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' \u003cstrong\u003eLUPITA NYONG'O\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46414313095404,"sku":"9781472258229","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4719813482712.jpg?v=1746331724","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/kindred-by-octavia-e-butler-9781472258229","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}