Description: The Left Hand of Darkness Sutty, an Observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to a new world-a world in the grips of a stern monolithic state, the Corporation. Embracing the sophisticated technology brought by other worlds and desiring to advance even faster into the future, the Akans recently outlawed the past, the old calligraphy, certain words, all ancient beliefs and ways; every citizen must now be a producer-consumer. Their state, not unlike the China of the Cultural Revolution, is one of secular terrorism. Traveling from city to small town, from loudspeakers to bleating cattle, Sutty discovers the remnants of a banned religion, a hidden culture. As she moves deeper into the countryside and the desolate mountains, she learns more about the Telling-the old faith of the Akans-and more about herself. With her intricate creation of an alien world, Ursula K. Le Guin compels us to reflect on our own recent history. This book is in very good condition with the exception of the markings from being an ex-library book (see photos).
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Type: Novel
Narrative Type: Fiction
Features: Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Edition: First Edition
Book Title: Telling
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Science Fiction / General
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
