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The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
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HarperCollins, 2002 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Space Exploration Utopia |
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Synopsis
Six of these tales are set in the author's signature world of the Ekumen, a world made familiar in her award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness. The title story was hailed by Publisher's Weekly as "remarkable... a standout." Paradises Lost is a mesmerizing novella of space exploration and the pursuit of happiness. These stories explore complex social interactions, troublesome issues of gender and sex, and the meaning of transformation, religion, and history.
Contents:
- Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen
- The Matter of Seggri
- Unchosen Love
- Mountain Ways
- Solitude
- Old Music and the Slave Women
- The Birthday of the World
- Paradises Lost
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