La parábola del sembrador

Livre broché, 352 pages

Langue : Español

Publié 8 mars 2021 par Capitán Swing.

ISBN :: 978-84-122817-8-1

Cuando el cambio climático global y las crisis económicas conducen al caos social a principios de la década de 2020, California se llena de peligros, desde la escasez generalizada de agua hasta las masas de vagabundos que harán cualquier cosa para sobrevivir otro día más. Lauren Olamina, una joven adolescente de quince años, vive dentro de una comunidad cerrada con su padre, un predicador, su familia y sus vecinos, relativamente protegida de la anarquía circundante. En una sociedad donde cualquier vulnerabilidad es un riesgo, ella sufre de hiperempatía, una sensibilidad debilitante hacia las emociones de los demás. Precoz y lúcida, Lauren debe hacer oír su voz para proteger a sus seres queridos de los desastres inminentes que su pequeña comunidad ignora obstinadamente. Pero lo que comienza como una lucha por la supervivencia pronto conduce al nacimiento de una nueva fe y a una sorprendente visión del destino humano.

13 éditions

Flauschbuch a publié une critique de Parable of the Sower par Octavia E. Butler

Book of the moment

5 étoiles

I read this in April and have been thinking about it often since then. It helped me predict the outcome of the US elections and understand a lot of what goes on politically around the world.

The novel has its flaws but it does two things really well: show how people tend to react in the face of fundamental change such as climate change (mostly by denial and hoping for a return of the good old times) and drive home the point that there is no neutral ground in a burning world. I also found the reflections about change very compelling and think that if people followed them, i.e. accepted and shaped change, we would probably all be better off. The two main flaws of the book for me were the relentless grimness which I couldn't take quite seriously all the time - less would have been more in …

I read this in April and have been thinking about it often since then. It helped me predict the outcome of the US elections and understand a lot of what goes on politically around the world.

The novel has its flaws but it does two things really well: show how people tend to react in the face of fundamental change such as climate change (mostly by denial and hoping for a return of the good old times) and drive home the point that there is no neutral ground in a burning world. I also found the reflections about change very compelling and think that if people followed them, i.e. accepted and shaped change, we would probably all be better off. The two main flaws of the book for me were the relentless grimness which I couldn't take quite seriously all the time - less would have been more in this case - and the depiction of drug users and the consequences of drug use. Those reminded me of those over the top "say no to drugs" cartoons of my childhood. Fitting because the book was written roughly at the same time. I'm wary of recommending this book because it's so grim and comes with all the content warnings but you should probably read it.

jv a publié une critique de La parábola del sembrador par Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)

Review of 'La parábola del sembrador' on 'Goodreads'

3 étoiles

Me deja un poco frío la idea de religión como sustituto del resto de las instituciones sociales en un tiempo apocalíptico, y no acabo de ver qué papel juega la hiperempatía en todo esto, si es mero atrezzo o un elemento verdaderamene importante. Lo veremos en el volumen dos.

Desde luego es un terreno de juego completamente diferente del de Xenogénesis.