Left Hand Darkness - Softcover

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441478093 ISBN 13: 9780441478095

Publisher: Ace, 1983

Synopsis

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 ot 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...

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Review:

"An instant classic". -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"[A] science fiction masterpiece."--Newsweek

"A jewel of a story."--Frank Herbert

"As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings."--Michael Moorcock

"An instant classic."--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own."--The Boston Globe

"Stellar...A triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea...Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. A major event in fantasy literature."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Richly told...Le Guin hasn't lost her touch. She draws us into the magical land and its inhabitants' doings immediately."--Booklist
"[A] science fiction masterpiece."--Newsweek

"A jewel of a story."--Frank Herbert

"As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings."--Michael Moorcock

"An instant classic."--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own."--The Boston Globe

"Stellar...A triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea...Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. A major event in fantasy literature."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Richly told...Le Guin hasn't lost her touch. She draws us into the magical land and its inhabitants' doings immediately."--Booklist

[A] science fiction masterpiece. Newsweek

A jewel of a story. Frank Herbert

As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings. Michael Moorcock

An instant classic. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own. The Boston Globe

Stellar A triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. A major event in fantasy literature. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Richly told Le Guin hasn t lost her touch. She draws us into the magical land and its inhabitants doings immediately. Booklist

"

[A] science fiction masterpiece. Newsweek

A jewel of a story. Frank Herbert

As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings. Michael Moorcock

An instant classic. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own. The Boston Globe

Stellar A triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. A major event in fantasy literature. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Richly told Le Guin hasn t lost her touch. She draws us into the magical land and its inhabitants doings immediately. Booklist

"

-[A] science fiction masterpiece.---Newsweek
-A jewel of a story.---Frank Herbert
-As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings.---Michael Moorcock
-An instant classic.---Minneapolis Star-Tribune
-Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own.---The Boston Globe
-Stellar...A triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea...Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. A major event in fantasy literature.---Publishers Weekly (starred review)
-Richly told...Le Guin hasn't lost her touch. She draws us into the magical land and its inhabitants' doings immediately.---Booklist

"[A] science fiction masterpiece."--Newsweek

"A jewel of a story."--Frank Herbert

"As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings."--Michael Moorcock

"An instant classic."--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own."--The Boston Globe

"Stellar...A triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea...Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. A major event in fantasy literature."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Richly told...Le Guin hasn't lost her touch. She draws us into the magical land and its inhabitants' doings immediately."--Booklist

Book Description:

¿Delicate yet daring, narrated with immense gravitas...Ursula Le Guin¿s masterpiece¿ Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0441478093
• ISBN 13: 9780441478095
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback