Parable of the Talents (novel)

Parable of the Talents (novel)

infobox Book |
name = Parable of the Talents
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = Octavia E. Butler
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series = "Parable" trilogy
genre = Dystopian, Science fiction novel
publisher = Seven Stories Press
release_date = 1998
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 365 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 1-888363-81-9 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = Parable of the Sower
followed_by =

"Parable of the Talents" is the second in a series of science fiction novels written by Octavia E. Butler and published in 1998.

Plot introduction

"Parable of the Talents" (1998) (the sequel to "Parable of the Sower") tells the story of how, as the U.S. continues to fall apart, the protagonist's community is attacked and taken over by a bloc of religious fanatics who inflict brutal atrocities. The novel is a harsh indictment of religious fundamentalism, and has been compared in that respect to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale".Fact|date=February 2007

Proposed third Parable novel

Butler had planned to write a third "Parable" novel, tentatively titled "Parable of the Trickster", which would have focused on the community's struggle to survive on a new planet. She began this novel after finishing "Parable of the Talents", and mentioned her work on it in a number of interviews, but at some point encountered a writer's block. She eventually shifted her creative attention, resulting in "Fledgling", her final novel.

ee also

*Parable of the Sower

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