Kindred [Audiobook] [Cd] [Unabridged] [Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Octavia E. Butler (Author), Kim Staunton (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2006

The first science fiction written by a Black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of Black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she's been given: to protect this young slaveholder until he can father her own great-grandmother. Author Octavia E. Butler skillfully juxtaposes the serious issues of slavery, human rights, and racial prejudice with an exciting science fiction, romance, and historical adventure. Kim Staunton's narrative talent magically transforms the listener's earphones into an audio time machine. 10 Hours 59 Minutes on nine compact disks.

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• Audio CD
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000J47OV0
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,596,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great to use in the classrom-once you organize it, June 9, 2011

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This review is from: Kindred [Audiobook] [Cd] [Unabridged] (Audio CD)

I am a high school English teacher and I used these CDs to help us read through the book. The reader was great and did a pretty good job with the Southern accents. My students liked to hear it and enjoyed the inflections. I also have students do the reading, but of course they are too embarrassed to put any real emotions into their reading. My only complaint (and the only reason it got 3 stars) is that the CD breaks up the book into weird segments. You would think that one CD could equal two or three chapters...nope. Instead sometimes a chapter will span across a few CDs. Then on top of that, within the chapters there are sections...and the CD breaks those up too! It made it for a nightmare to find where we were in the book. What I ended up doing was importing it all into iTunes and then going through the WHOLE thing and renaming each track. When you import it into iTunes, it just labels them generically (Track 1, Track 2, etc.) So I went through and labeled each CD (CD 1 of 9) and each track (Chapter-The Fire:Section 1-2) It was a ROYAL pain, but now that it's done, it's really easy to use. Also, as we were listening to the CD, I would mark my book where tracks begin and end.