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The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness
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Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1987-03-15
ISBN: 0441478123
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ace Books
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  • ISBN13: 9780441478125
  • Condition: New
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Book Review: "The king was pregnant."
Summary: 5 Stars

"My landlady, a voluble man." "The king was pregnant." These are just some of the shocking and brilliant sentences in Ursula K. Le Guin's masterpiece. This book will always be considered her masterpiece, not only for its innovativeness (it changed the genre forever), but for its musical and otherworldly prose, and for the deeper meanings that it holds. She takes the genre to a whole new level, seeing what would happen if certain things were different, twisting and shaping things to see what would be the outcome, if, for example, there were no such things as gender. Always, Le Guin's work is influenced by her father, Alfred Kroeber, who was and still is a highly regarded anthropologist. The character of Genly Ai fills the role of anthropologist in a strange society he's not used to. Genly Ai is from a different world, and for him to come to Gethen and become involved with the non-gender people there is an experiment in science, culture, questions of gender,and aggression/domination. The society of Gethen has never had a war...there are no dominant halves, submissive halves according to gender. Everyone is supposedly equal. Le Guin is not afraid to shock the reader, and to show a third side of the coin that we've never seen before. This book will challenge you culturally, and challenge all your norms and concepts. This is an all-around brilliant novel, one that is worthy to take its place forever among the most honored books.

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