
The Left Hand of Darkness : A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Title:
The Left Hand of Darkness : A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece
Author:
Ursula K. Le Guin
Series (if any):
S.F. Masterworks
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
336 pages
Publisher:
Hachette UK Distribution
ISBN-13:
9781473221628
EAN:
9781473221628
Classifications:
Science Fiction
Weight (g):
358
Dimensions (mm):
180 x 131 x 21
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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...






























