Sati [Mass Market Paperback]

Christopher Pike (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1991

The first adult novel from a bestselling author of young adult fiction. Michael picks up a young hitch-hiker in the Arizona desert, bringing her home and letting her sleep on his couch. The next day, she talks about being God--and strange things begin to happen to everyone coming in contact with her.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Does God exist? Is she a blonde, blue-eyed woman named Sati, encountered hitchhiking in the Arizona desert where she is picked up by Michael, a long-haul trucker at odds with life? The questions crystallize back in Los Angeles at the trucker's ramshackle apartment, when Sati declares she is the deity and sets about proving it. No miracles, but changes come about for a motley cast: a dying AIDS victim, a drug dealer, a fundamentalist preacher, Michael's estranged wife and their little daughter. Each is attracted to Sati's beautiful simplicity, though they confront and challenge her. When her life is terminated violently, they realize she "had given us a taste of our inner silence, a taste of ourselves." The ancient hope for redemption is recast in this sprightly contemporary parable, the first adult novel from a bestselling author of young adult fiction ( Chain Letter ).
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

YA-- A story of the Second Coming. Sati, a blond, blue-eyed beauty, declares simply that she is God and has come to "play a while." Her story is told by a skeptical truck driver, Michael, who picks up the newly reborn goddess along a desert highway and takes her to his apartment and into his circle of friends. Although God appears as Mother rather than Father in this carefully and sparingly written fantasy, the language and viewpoint are uncomplicatedly masculine. Pike explicates all sophisticated allusions in context, making the book clearly suitable for YAs. Readers should be comfortable with the narrator's voice and psyche, as Michael struggles with his doubts and desire to believe. Sati could be a valuable addition to a growing library of multicultural literature for high school students. Although its characters are not from minorities, it will make a fine introduction to non-Christian religious beliefs, for Sati's philosophy and persona is based on a mixture of Buddhist, Hindu, and other spiritual thought. The essence of her thesis is that "We're all God."-- Marya Andreen, R. E. Lee High School, Springfield, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (July 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812510356
• ISBN-13: 978-0812510355
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Pike is the author of over forty teen thrillers, including series REMEMBER ME, FINAL FRIENDS and CHAIN LETTER.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple allegory, January 1, 2001

By 

Blaise Astra Parker (Statham, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sati (Mass Market Paperback)

... If you are open minded about spiritual principles, this book will probably appeal to you.

Pike made his name (as we all know) by writing teenage hack-and-slash horror. And it was ok, but never fabulous. When I came across Sati at the library one day, I expected more of the same. What I got, however, was a book that I found to be deeply spiritual and achingly lovely.

Since then, I have loaned the book to many friends, bought copies for others, and read it aloud to my boyfriend on a road trip. This is the kind of book you just want to share. Sati is a young woman who claims to be God, and she comes to earth with a simple message. We exist to increase her joy, which is already infinite.

Is Sati god? Or isn't she? I don't know, but I wish she weren't fiction.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, life changing., April 24, 2002

By 

MistaCat (London, Kentucky USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sati (Mass Market Paperback)

If you read only one book, read Sati.

Read it with a completely open heart and mind. Listen to it. Understand it.

I wish I could afford to buy Sati in great big boxes and hand it out to people. I want the whole world to read it and understand it. I want it to be in every language. I want to learn languages so I can translate it.

Please. Read it.

And if you read two books, read Sati and then Anthem, by Ayn Rand.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still my favorite book., November 13, 2004

By 

Tracie Renee Scheiding "Tracie S." (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Sati: A Novel (Hardcover)

I first read this book when I was in 8th grade. I'm 26 now, so granted that was some time ago.. but over the years, I cannot begin to count all of the times I have read and re-read this book.

It's a fantastic and well-written novel that I think everyone should read; it's enlightening, and it's one of those books that once you pick it up, you just can't put it down until you're finished.

Read this book, if it's the only book you EVER read. Then you'll understand why I'm so over-the-top about it.