The Left Hand of Darkness
Author(s): Ursula K. Le Guin
Genly Ai is a diplomat of sorts, sent to observe the inhabitants of the snowbound planet of Winter. But the isolated, androgynous people are suspicious of this strange, single-gendered visitor. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, they have no knowledge of space travel or of life beyond their own world. So, bringing news of a vast coalition of planets they are invited to join, he is met with fear, mistrust and disbelief. But also something more. For Genly Ai, who sees himself as a bringer of the truth, it is a bittersweet irony that he will discover truths about himself and, in the snow-shrouded strangeness of Winter, find both love and tragedy ...First published in the year Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, The Left Hand of Darkness is a classic of science fiction and a masterpiece of modern literature.
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'A beguiling read ... Le Guin's sometimes mischievous narrative tone is crisp and fresh' www.sf.com 'A jewel of a story' Frank Herbert 'As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings' Michael Moorcock 'Delicate yet daring, narrated with immense gravitas...Ursula Le Guin's masterpiece' Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
Ursula LeGuin was born in Berkeley, California in 1929. She attended college at Radcliffe and Columbia, and married C.A. LeGuin in Paris in 1951. The LeGuins and their three children live in Portland, Oregon.
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group
- : Orbit
- : 01 November 2009
- : 198mm X 126mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ursula K. Le Guin
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 813.54
- : 256
- : Science fiction
- : maps
