The Dispossessed The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2015
September 30
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Orion
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
2.2
MB

Customer Reviews

russllj ,

More Anthropology, than Science Fiction

Ursula Le Guin casts a long shadow. This contemplative book is more a study of social behavior than it is science fiction. The cast of two societies isolated by choice more than distance — by ideologies and opportunity — is an excellent study of how the rational mind can be subjugated by primal need. The passages on time and simultaneity are beautiful and humbling. If I had to guess, I’d say the early writings of Kim Stanley Robinson owe a lot of homage to this giant of 1970’s fiction.

bh125 ,

Interesting book

Good book, a little bummed with the ending but it had to come at some point!

dokytdq ,

absolutely masterful

please read this book.

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