Science fiction · Dystopian
Parable of the Sower
In a near-future California falling apart from drought and inequality, a teenage girl with an unusual sensitivity to others' pain lives behind her community's walls. When they fail, she heads north and starts to shape a new belief.
- First published
- 1993
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a gripping, thoughtful survival story that feels uncomfortably close to real life.
Skip this if you want to avoid graphic violence and sexual assault, which appear on the road north.
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