One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had (Junot Diaz)Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision (Guardian)[Her] evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human (New York Times)No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential... If y...