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Octavia E. Butler: Kindred (Portuguese language, 2019, Morro Branco)

Em seu vigésimo sexto aniversário, Dana e seu marido estão de mudança para um novo apartamento. Em meio a pilhas de livros e caixas abertas, ela começa a se sentir tonta e cai de joelhos, nauseada. Então, o mundo se despedaça.

Dana repentinamente se encontra à beira de uma floresta, próxima a um rio. Uma criança está se afogando e ela corre para salvá-la. Mas, assim que arrasta o menino para fora da água, vê-se diante do cano de uma antiga espingarda. Em um piscar de olhos, ela está …

432 pages

Portuguese language

Published March 23, 2019 by Morro Branco.

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978-85-92795-87-0
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reviewed Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (The Women's Press science fiction)

Such an original and captivating storyline

What a book. I was drawn in by the horrifying scenario that Dana found herself trapped in, but the examination of how slavery was so normalized, and how evil the institution of chattel slavery was.

I happened to have been in the middle of this book when a conspiracy theorist, racist member of my extended family brought up how whites are unfairly blamed for slavery. It made me realize that while the practice of owning people as slaves is gone, the same anti-black philosophy is still thriving among white men.

The idea that my family member or his ilk would tacitly endorse the return of slavery is slim, but, in finding themselves in Kevin's shoes might think similarly that "Hey, this isn't as bad as I thought it would be..."

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