02251cam a2200397 i 4500 507689332 TxGeo 20210730120000.0 210628s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020944173 9781419754050 trade pbk. 141975405X trade pbk. (OCoLC)1259525697 TxGeo rda Duffy, Damian. Parable of the sower : a graphic novel adaptation / adapted by Damian Duffy ; illustrated by John Jennings ; based on the work of Octavia Butler. New York, NY : Abrams ComicArts, 2021. vi, 281 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier The graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller In this graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future. In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith. 20210819. African Americans Fiction. Environmental disasters Fiction. Survival Fiction. California Fiction. Graphic novels. Comic books, strips, etc. Jennings, John, artist. Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the sower. QS5