{"product_id":"kindred-1","title":"Kindred","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOctavia E. Butler''s ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail'' \u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by'' \u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had'' \u003cb\u003eJUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he''s drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again. Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it''s even begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''No novel I''ve read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential'' \u003cb\u003eCAROLINE O''DONOGHUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**MAJOR TV SERIES NOW ON DISNEY+**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Unnervingly prescient and wise'' \u003cb\u003eYAA GYASI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Butler''s evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human''\u003cb\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\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''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":57304006459774,"sku":"NW9781472258229","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472258229.jpg?v=1778245013","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/kindred-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}