{"product_id":"dawn-2","title":"Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003e''One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century'' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Octavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same'' \u003cb\u003eGLORIA STEINEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful, thought-provoking novel by the bestselling, award-winning author. For readers of Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Lilith lyapo wakes in a small white room with no doors or windows, she remembers a devastating war, and a husband and child long lost to her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe finds herself living among the Oankali, a strange race who intervened in the fate of humanity hundreds of years before. They spared those they could from the ruined Earth, and suspended them in a long, deep sleep. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver centuries, the Oankali learned from the past, cured disease and healed the world. Now they want Lilith to lead her people back home. But salvation comes at a price - to restore humanity, it must be changed forever...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time... for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler''s novel may be unmatched'' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Butler''s prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision'' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Octavia Butler was a visionary'' \u003cb\u003eVIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Her evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately,\u003cbr\u003ewhat it means to be human'' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center'' \u003cb\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct'' \u003cb\u003eLUPITA NYONG''O\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306574553470,"sku":"NW9781472281067","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472281067.jpg?v=1778509789","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/dawn-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}