General Information

Title:                  Kindred (Unabridged)
Author:                 Octavia E. Butler
Read By:                Kim Staunton
Copyright:              2007
Audiobook Copyright:    2007
Genre:                  Audiobook
Publisher:              Recorded Books
Duration:               10 hours, 55 minutes, 8 seconds
Chapters:               47

Media Information

Source Format:          Audible AAX
Source Sample Rate:     22050 Hz
Source Channels:        1
Source Bitrate:         31 kbits

Lossless Encode:        No
Encoded Codec:          LAME MP3
Encoded Sample Rate:    48000 Hz
Encoded Channels:       2
Encoded Bitrate:        128 kbits

Ripper:                 inAudible 1.97

Book Description

The first science-fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of African-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 skilfully 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.