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Kindred is a novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler that incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives. Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for... Wikipedia
Originally published: June 1979
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Genres: Novel, Science fiction, Feminist science fiction, and more
Characters: Tom Weylin, Edana Franklin, Rufus Weylin, and more
Awards: 2003 Rochester, New York's book of the year
ISBN: 0-385-15059-8
LC Class: PZ4.B98674 Ki PS3552.U827
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Butler has written a book that goes deeper than surface level, exploring how people come to accept slavery as the norm and to justify poor treatment of slaves.
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An Octavia Butler masterpiece, this time travel narrative is an enthralling and devastating deep dive into the horrors of slavery and the ripples that still ...