Audiobook Parable of the Talents (Parable, 2) by Octavia E. Butler in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Hearing Octavia Butler's Parable of the Talents as an audiobook isn't just listening-it's stepping into the raw, urgent heart of a world that feels terrifyingly close. The voice of narrator Tavia Gilbert pulls you into Lauren Olamina's journals with a quiet intensity that makes the 2032 dystopia feel immediate, not distant. You hear the exhaustion in Lauren's words, the fierce love beneath her leadership of Earthseed, and the chilling reality of her daughter Asha's struggle to understand a mother caught between protecting her community and fighting for a future.
Butler's genius here isn't just in her vision-it's in how she makes you feel the weight of that vision. The audiobook amplifies it. When Lauren writes about her faith, "God is Change," Gilbert's tone makes you lean in, as if she's whispering a secret only you can hear. You feel Asha's confusion and determination as she reads her mother's words decades later, realizing Earthseed's struggle isn't over-it's been waiting for her to continue. The political terror of the ultra-conservative regime isn't just described; it's made visceral through the tension in the narrator's voice, the pauses that let the fear sink in.
This isn't just a sequel-it's a mirror. As The New Yorker rightly noted, Butler's work remains unmatched in its chilling relevance. The audiobook makes that relevance personal. You don't just read about the fragility of community under oppression; you hear it in the trembling voice of a mother trying to hold it together, and then in the voice of a daughter trying to rebuild it. It's a story about finding hope not in grand gestures, but in the stubborn act of carrying on, word by word, journal entry by journal entry. If you've ever wondered what it means to lead while fighting for survival, this audiobook will stay with you long after the final chapter ends. It's not just a book to read-it's a conversation to have, urgently, now.
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Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
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