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The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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ISBN13: 9780060512750 |
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Centuries ago, the moon Anarres was settled by utopian anarchists who left the Earthlike planet Urras in search of a better world, a new beginning. Now a brilliant physicist, Shevek, determines to reunite the two civilizations that have been separated by hatred since long before he was born.
The Dispossessed is a penetrating examination of society and humanity — and one man's brave undertaking to question the unquestionable and ignite the fires of change.
About the Author
Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of more than one hundred short stories, two collections of essays, four volumes of poetry, and nineteen novels. Her best-known fantasy works, the Earthsea books, have sold millions of copies in America and England, and have been translated into sixteen languages. Her first major work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness, is considered epochmaking in the field because of its radical investigation of gender roles and its moral and literary complexity.
Three of Le Guin's books have been finalists for the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and among the many honors her writing has received are the National Book Award, five Hugo Awards, five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the Harold D. Vursell Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Marjorie Madonne, May 19, 2008 (view all comments by Marjorie Madonne)
I've always loved Le Guin. The Dispossessed is a true classic of the genre -- beautifully written and very moving. I recently reread it after many years, along with The Left Hand of Darkness, another Le Guin classic. Both are as good as ever, not dated at all.
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funnyc8e, May 9, 2008 (view all comments by funnyc8e)
Quintessential LeGuin. Quintessential reading for the failed, frustrated, dead-ended, but still dreaming revolutionary in you. Don't be afraid of failure. Dig in.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780060512750
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author:
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Science Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Science fiction
- Subject:
- Life on other planets
- Subject:
- Physicists
- Subject:
- Communal living
- Subject:
- Anarchism
- Subject:
- Utopian fiction
- Subject:
- Science / General
- Copyright:
- 2003
- Edition Number:
- Reissue ed.
- Edition Description:
- 1st Perennial Classics ed.
- Series:
- Perennial Classics
- Series Volume:
- 03-010
- Publication Date:
- August 14, 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 8.16x5.34x.88 in. .64 lbs.
