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|date=March 2014
|isbn=978-1472214812
|cover=Butler_Kindred
|aznuk=1472214811
This, in the end, is the point. Octavia was sending Dana back to an extreme example of a racist society so that we see the absurdity and cruelty of enforced second class citizenship. She didn't need to send us (or Dana) back that far to show its existence. (Indeed it's not even limited to America's past.) But by showing us this extreme juxtaposition the author encourages us to examine it afresh.
As Octavia herself said ''… people really need to think about what it's like to have all society arrayed against you.'' Indeed this is a story that's as thought -provoking as it is entertaining, putting it above the time-slip ilk of writers like [[:Category:Diana Gabaldon|Diana Gabaldon]]. This is definitely a novel deserving of its status as a classic of black literature.
We'd very much like to thank Headline for providing us with a copy for review.
Further Reading: If this appeals then we also highly recommend a modern black literary classic in the making: [[The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis]]. You might also appreciate [[The Kept by James Scott]].
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