Parable of the talents

a novel

by

448 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2001 by Warner Books.

ISBN:
978-0-446-61038-4
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OCLC Number:
39478160

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5 stars (1 review)

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government. This is the story of the group's struggle to preserve its vision.

As the government turns a blind eye to the violent bigots who consider a black female leader a threat, Lauren Olamina must either sacrifice her child and her followers or forsake her religion. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence,

4 editions

reviewed Parable of the talents by Octavia E. Butler

Jaw-droppingly prescient

5 stars

Jaw-droppingly prescient for a novel written 25 years ago. "Hunting for scapegoats is always popular in times of serious trouble," notes Butler in an interview in the afterword of this edition. "So is hunting for the great leader who will restore prosperity and stability... He turns his true believers - his thugs - loose on those he chooses as scapegoats and he looks around for an external enemy to use as an even bigger scapegoat and a diversion from the reality that he doesn't really know what to do. Because of him, innocent people lose their freedom, lose custody of their children, lose their lives."

Subjects

  • Young women -- Fiction
  • Twenty-first century -- Fiction

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