The Dispossessed: A Novel

Le Guin, Ursula K. [Kroeber] [LeGuin]

ISBN 10: 0060125632 / ISBN 13: 9780060125639

Published by Harper & Row, 1974

Book club edition, gutter code 21 Q. Jacket lightly rubbed with a couple light smudges on front panel and 3/4 inch closed tear on rear corner, top edge a bit foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1974 Hard Cover. 338 pp. 8vo. An important work of utopian fiction by Le Guin, which won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, and was nominated for the John W. Campbell award. On the surface, Le Guin's story of the brilliant physicist Shevek is a tale of a futuristic world, and the struggle of the civilizations on two separate planets to reconcile with each other's way of life. Beneath the surface run deep undercurrents of meaning -- philosophical, religious, and scientific themes that transcend the story itself. Shevek's quest to reconcile two seemingly antithetical schools of theoretical physics is also the individual's quest to reconcile individuality with social behavior, identity with belonging, and freedom with responsibility. Colored by the Taoist sensibilities with which Le Guin has long been fascinated, the parallels drawn in The Dispossessed are simultaneously vivid and subtle -- the style of writing embodies the very ideas that Le Guin attempts to convey. Widely praised even beyond the usual literary circles of science fiction, The Dispossessed is a true masterpiece, the consummation of a unique and detailed vision of a distant world surprisingly similar to our own. Seller Inventory # 2346410

Synopsis:

A physicist from isolated Anarres travels to the mother planet, Urras, in hopes of dissolving the hatred that exists between them

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Dispossessed: A Novel
Publisher: Harper & Row
Publication Date: 1974
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC).