| Record Number |
896573 |
| ISBN |
9781473228412 (paperback) |
| Author |
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 author. |
| Title |
The dispossessed / Ursula K. Le Guin. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Gollancz, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd, 2019. |
| ©1974 |
| Pagination etc. |
x, 318 pages : maps ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally published: Harper & Row, 1974. |
| With a new introduction by Roddy Doyle. |
| Summary Note |
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart. To visit Urras to learn, to teach, to share will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. But the ambitious scientist's gift is soon seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must re-examine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change. |
| Subject |
Physicists -- Fiction |
| Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Intergroup relations -- Fiction |
| Anarchism -- Fiction |
| Utopias -- Fiction |
| Science fiction. |
| Added Author |
Doyle, Roddy, 1958- author of introduction, etc. |
| Shelf Location |
F LEGU |
