"Trees are better than stone": Vital Commemoration in Octavia Butler's Parable Novels.
The article focuses on the significance of Octavia Butler's Parable novels within the context of climate change fiction, or "cli-fi," highlighting their early contributions to the genre. It discusses how Butler's works, particularly Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, address the intert...
| Publicado en: | Western American Literature Vol. 56; no. 3/4; pp. 287 - 314 |
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