La parábola del sembrador

This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror, by award-winning writer Octavia E. Butler, harmonizes with other great dystopian works, such as 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale. When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California is fraught with danger, from widespread water shortages to masses of homeless people who will do anything to survive another day. Lauren Olamina, a fifteen-year-old teenager, lives within a gated community with her father, a preacher, her family, and her neighbors, relatively sheltered from the surrounding lawlessness. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to the emotions of others. Precocious and lucid, Lauren must make her voice heard to protect her loved ones from impending disasters that her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a struggle for survival soon leads to the birth of a new faith and a surprising vision of human destiny.