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1、Dana,ablackwoman,celebrateshertwenty-sixthbirthdaywithherhusbandin1976onlytobesnatchedabruptlyfromherhomeinsouthernCaliforniaandtransportedtotheantebellumSouth.Rufus,thewhilesonofaplantationowner,isdrowning,andDanahasbeensummonedacrosstheyearstosavehim.Afterthisfir
2、stsummons,Danareturnsagainandagaintotheplantationtopro-tectRufusandensurethathewillgrowtomanhoodandfatherthedaughterwhowillbecomeDana'sancestor.BlackWomenWritersSeriesSeriesEditor:DeborahE.McDowellCoverillustration:LaurenceSchwingerCoverdesign:JoannaSteinkeller****
3、********************************************************************IntroductionIntroductionbyRobertCrossleyWhattangledskeinsarethegenealogiesofslavery!HarrietJacobs,IncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl,1861TheAmericanslavenarrativeisaliteraryformwhosehistoricalbound-ari
4、esarefirmlymarked.Whilefirst-personnarrativesaboutoppressionandexclusionwillpersistaslongasracismpersists,slavenarrativesceasedtobewrittenwhenthelastAmericancitizenwhohadlivedunderinstitutionalizedslaverydied.Theonlywayinwhichanewslave-memoircouldbewrittenisifsomeo
5、newereabletotravelintothepast,becomeaslave,andreturntotellthestory.Becausethelawsofphysics,suchasweknowthem,precludetravelingbackwardsintime,suchabookwouldhavetobeahybridofautobiographicalnarrativeandscientificfantasy.ThatisexactlythesortofbookOctaviaButlerimagined
6、whenshewroteKindred,firstpublishedin1979.Likeallgoodworksoffiction,itlieslikethetruth.ContentsINTRODUCTIONBYROBERTCROSSLEYTHEFIGHTPROLOGUETHESTORMTHERIVERTHEROPETHEFIREEPILOGUETHEFALLKindredbeginsandendsinmystery.OnJune9,1976,hertwenty-sixthbirthday,Edana,ablackwom
7、anmovingwithherwhitehusbandKevinFranklintoanewhouseinaLosAngelessuburb,isovercomebynauseawhileunpackingcartons.Abruptlyshefindsherselfkneelingonariverbank;hearingachild'sscreams,sherunsintotherivertosavehim,appliesartificialrespiration,andastheboybeginsbreathingaga
8、inshelooksupintoariflebarrel.Againshesickensandisoncemoreinhernewhouse,butnowsheissoakedandcoveredinmud.Thisisthefirstofseveralsuchepisodesofvary