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Time TravelAngel Fiction

Kindred

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  • 1979 first published
  • 287 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (51 ratings)
  • 29 editions
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Kindred is a 1979 time-travel fiction and angel fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler and SparkNotes. The story is set in Los Angeles, Calif. and Southern States, in 1815. It features Edana (Dana), Rufus Weylin and Kevin Franklin. Readers will find themes of slaves, African American women, slaveholders and slavery.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 51 ratings, and 536 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 29 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 287 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Kindred

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.
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Awards & lists

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Edana (Dana)
  • Rufus Weylin
  • Kevin Franklin

Subjects

  • Slaves
  • African American women
  • Slaveholders
  • Slavery
  • Time travel
  • Open_syllabus_project
  • Historical
  • Science Fiction
  • African American
  • Contemporary Women
  • Science fiction
  • African americans
  • Los angeles, Calif.
  • Southern states
  • Psychological
  • African american & black

Quick answers

Who wrote Kindred?

Kindred was written by Octavia E. Butler and SparkNotes and first published in 1979.

What genre is Kindred?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Angel Fiction.

How long is Kindred?

The median edition has 287 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Kindred?

Readers who like it often enjoy G-Spot, Lightning and DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries).

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