Paperback, 287 sidor

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Publicerades 12 mars 2008 av Beacon Press.

ISBN:
978-0-8070-8369-7
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The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she’s been given...

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Intense read

This book was an intense read, genuinely making me feel stressed sometimes. I'm mostly left speechless. I don't even know how to describe the wide array of feelings this book made me go through. A must read, in my opinion.

recenserade Kindred av Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)

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4.5/5, really. Kindred is an astonishing novel with a lot to unpack. The only thing that bothers me about it is in the setup - the "Oh well, I guess I'm time travelling against my will, shit happens" aspect of it, where nobody ever asks why and how this is going on. I don't need reasons, but I need the characters to want them.

Once that's past, though, the past is present in all its messiness.

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Ämnen

  • African American women -- Fiction
  • Slaveholders -- Fiction
  • Time travel -- Fiction
  • Slavery -- Fiction
  • Slaves -- Fiction
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
  • Southern States -- Fiction