Parable of the talents /

Butler, Octavia E.

Parable of the talents / Octavia E. Butler. - New York : Aspect, 2001. - 448 p. ; 18 cm.

Sequel to: Parable of the sower.

A Christian fundamentalist group kidnaps children to raise them in Christian homes in this tale of religious intolerance in a future America. The story is told by a woman at the receiving end of their zeal, the founder of a religion which they consider heathen. By the author of Parable of the Sower.

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, 1952.

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Young women--Fiction.
Twenty-first century--Fiction.


Political fiction.
Science fiction.