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Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.
About the Author
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was born in 1929 in Berkeley, and lives in Portland, Oregon. As of 2014, she has published twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry, and four of translation, and has received many honors and awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, and PEN/Malamud. Her most recent publications are Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems and The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. Le Guin's much-heralded SF masterpiece. First UK Edition [Victor Gollancz, London, 1974]; 320 pages; black papered boards, gold titling to spine, spine a little bumped, illustrated endpapers, faint mark on title page, a near-fine copy; in like, unclipped [£2.80] dustjacket, a little rubbed, bumped along edges. Winner of the Hugo, Locus & Nebula Awards for best novel. ISBN: 0 575 01678 7 / 0575016787. Seller Inventory # 7324
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