The Novel Tea

Fledgling by Octavia Butler: home and innocence


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Shruti and Neha discuss Fledgling, Octavia Butler's last novel before her untimely death, through the themes of home and innocence. We talk about vampire lore (including Twilight and The Vampire Diaries), the ethics of genetic manipulation, and race through the lens of childhood.


Links:

Code Switch: Taylor Swift and the unbearable whiteness of girlhood


Shelf Discovery:

The Vegetarian by Han King

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison


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