{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003eThis first \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEARTHSEED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e novel by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eground-breaking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHE HANDMAID'S TALE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, you'll love this beautiful new edition of a seminal American classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it's one written in the past that has already begun to come true. 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If you've ever tweeted \"All Lives Matter\", someone needs to shove \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e into your hand, and quickly - The Pool\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOctavia E. Butler is one of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had across canons - as creators, readers, critics, we're still wrestling with her extraordinary work\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne cannot finish \u003ci\u003eKindred \u003c\/i\u003ewithout feeling changed. It is a shattering work of art - Los Angeles Herald-Examiner\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOctavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same\u003cbr\u003eOCTAVIA E. 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