Presented for the first time in one volume with an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D., Lilith's Brood is a profoundly evocative, sensual--and disturbing--epic of human transformation.
Lilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected -- by miraculously powerful unearthly beings, the Oankali. Driven by an irresistible need to heal others, the Oankali are rescuing our dying planet by merging genetically with mankind. But Lilith and all humanity must now share the world with uncanny, unimaginably alien creatures: their own children. This is their story...
By:
Octavia E. Butler Imprint: Warner Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 132mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 612g ISBN:9780446676106 ISBN 10: 0446676101 Pages: 752 Publication Date:01 June 2000 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Other merchandise Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Liliths Brood (Omnibus)
SHOWS THE AUTHOR AT THE HEIGHT OF HER IMAGINATIVE AND WRITING POWERS . -- Essence