The Dispossessed

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

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Paperback | 9 October 2019 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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2.6 x 13 x 19.8

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One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle

'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.

Industry Reviews

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 - THE TIMES

A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again - THE TIMES

An extraordinary work ... [Le Guin] created a working society in exquisite detail ... a fully realised hypothetical culture [as well as] living breathing characters who are inevitable products of that culture

A deeply imagined work of art - Encylopedia of Science Fiction

Le Guin's book ... is so persuasive that it ought to put a stop to the writing of prescriptive Utopias for at least 10 years - NEW YORK TIMES

[Le Guin had] the heart of a poet who knew all too well the difference between miracle and eureka, revelation and revolution - Publishers Weekly

A firmamental sincerity and the solid fuel of a first-rate narrative - OBSERVER

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