Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter-from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life-with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. "Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. The story is told by a woman at the receiving end of their zeal, the founder of a religion which they consider heathen. A Christian fundamentalist group kidnaps children to raise them in Christian homes in this tale of religious intolerance in a future America.
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