Kindred
About this book
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.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 291974 readers · 272 pages · ≈ 5 h 02 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Kindred?
About ≈ 5 h 02 m — 272 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Kindred?
272 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Kindred?
It sits on the Science Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Is Kindred in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in Kindred?
The main characters include Edana (Dana), Rufus Weylin, Kevin Franklin.
Where does Kindred take place?
It is set in Los Angeles (Calif.), Southern States during 1815, 1976.
Who wrote Kindred?
Octavia E. Butler.