The Dispossessed
Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
Publisher | : Gateway |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2015-09-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781473206069 |
ISBN-13 | : 1473206065 |
Rating | : 4/5 (065 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Dispossessed written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.