Fledgling

Butler, Octavia E.

ISBN 10: 0446696161 / ISBN 13: 9780446696166

Verlag: Grand Central Publishing, 2007

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0446696161-3-25256446

Inhaltsangabe:

"A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature." -- The Washington Post

This is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted-and still wants-to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: OCTAVIA E. BUTLERwas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including Parable of the Sower, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fledgling
Verlag: Grand Central Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good