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The Dispossessed
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Series: Hainish Cycle
Science FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9780060512750
Publisher: Perennial
Published: Aug 19 2003
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.34 Depth: 8.16
Language: English
One of the greats....Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon. - Stephen King
From the brilliant and award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a classic tale of two planets torn apart by conflict and mistrust -- and the man who risks everything to reunite them.
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 reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.
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