Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed (Paperback) S.F. Masterworks (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The DispossessedCondition: NewEAN: 9781473228412ISBN: 9781473228412Publisher: GollanczFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/03/2019Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 240gAuthor: Ursula K. Le GuinLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1473228417Description: One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again' THE TIMES'The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin' Roddy Doyle'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...'Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance. Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.With powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world's influence on competition and co-operation, THE DISPOSSESSED is a true classic of the 20th century.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionBook Series: S.F. MasterworksTopic: Science Fiction, Classic FictionType: Metaphysical & VisionaryRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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