fledgling
by octavia e butler
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1583226907
- ISBN 13
- 9781583226902
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About This Item
butler's final novel before her death. in the novel, a young amnesiac girl unearths that she's a genetiallacy modified fifty-three year old vampire.
new york: seven stories press. 8.75x5.75". 317 pages. isbn: 1583226907. hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: bumping to spine. fine-. jacket condition: fine.
Synopsis
Fledgling combines a vampire story with questions on race. Shori is a 53-year-old woman, but she has woken up without memory as a 10-year-old girl. As she searches for answers about her condition, she finds her identity is the result of an experiment. Her vampire DNA has been mixed with African-American to give her dark skin that can withstand the sunshine. This novel is among Butler’s least popular, and the overt sexuality of the main character in the body of a 10-year-old girl seems to be one of the main reasons. But this turns on its head the standard trope of old male vampires that look young having sex with young women. Butler said in interviews that she wrote Fledgling to distract herself from the grimness of the Parable Series and meant it to be an erotic romp into the vampire genre.
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- Bookseller
- leaves (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 929
- Title
- fledgling
- Author
- octavia e butler
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 1583226907
- ISBN 13
- 9781583226902
- Publisher
- seven stories press
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 2005
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