Fledgling by Octavia E Butler
A beautiful new edition of Octavia Butler's last standalone novel, with a new introduction by Nisi Shawl.Octavia Butler's last standalone novel is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human 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. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.
Octavia E. Butler was 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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781644211298 |
| ISBN 10 | 1644211297 |
| Title | Fledgling |
| Author | Octavia E Butler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2022-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Nominated for Lambda Book Award 2006, Nominated for Locus Awards 2006 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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