The Left Hand of Darkness

#4 Hainish

Ursula K. Le Guin

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English

Gollancz
16 May 2017

Science fiction; Adult & contemporary romance; Europe; England; Sci-Fi Alternate History; Future Society; Time; Time Travel; Science Fiction & Fantasy; GALAXY Special Event 1; Hugo Award; Nebula Award

Series: Hainish

'A rich and complex story of friendship and love' GUARDIAN

'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell

Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the planet Gethen, a world perpetually in winter. The people there are androgynous, normally neuter, but they can become male or female at the peak of their sexual cycle.

They seem to Genly Ai alien, unsophisticated and confusing. But he is drawn into the complex politics of the planet and, during a long, tortuous journey across the ice with a politician who has fallen from favour and has been outcast, he loses his professional detachment and reaches a painful understanding of the true nature of Gethenians and, in a moving and memorable sequence, even finds love . . .

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 238g
ISBN: 9781473221628
ISBN 10: 1473221625
Series: Hainish
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 16 May 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.ursulakleguin.com

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea have attained undisputed classic status; and her recent series, the Annals of the Western Shore, has won her the PEN Center USA Children's literature award and the Nebula Award for best novel. In 2014 Ursula Le Guin was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Read more at http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/le_guin_ursula_k

Reviews for The Left Hand of Darkness (#4 Hainish)

A jewel of a story Profuse and original . . . Graceful and accomplished Haunting lucidity . . . clarity of thought . . . depth and richness . . . Intellectual muscularity and honesty . . . entrancing lyricism wedded to an open-eyed realism Delicate yet daring, narrated with immense gravitas . . . Ursula Le Guin's masterpiece - Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels Has all the depth, impact and scope of Dune . . . A unique and compelling love-story that rates with the very best of Sturgeon