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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; with a new afterword and appendixes by the author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Left Hand of Darkness about?

When The Left Hand of Darkness first appeared in 1969, the original jacket copy read, "Once in a long while a whole new world is created for us. Such worlds are Middle Earth, Dune - and such a world is Winter." Twenty-five years and a Hugo and Nebula Award later, these words remain true. In Winter, or Gethen, Ursula K. Le Guin has created a fully realized planet and people. But Gethen society is more than merely a fascinating creation. The concept of a society existing totally without sexual prejudices is even more relevant today than it was in 1969. This special 25th anniversary edition of The Left Hand of Darkness contains not only the complete, unaltered text of the landmark original but also a thought-provoking new afterword and four new appendixes by Ms. Le Guin. . When the human ambassador Genly Ai is sent to Gethen, the planet known as Winter by those outsiders who have experienced its arctic climate, he thinks that his mission will be a standard one of making peace between warring factions. Instead the ambassador finds himself wildly unprepared. For Gethen is inhabited by a society with a rich, ancient culture full of strange beauty and deadly intrigue - a society of people

Who reads The Left Hand of Darkness?

Author

Ursula K. Le Guin; with a new afterword and appendixes by the author

Publisher

Walker and Company

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802713025

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

4.05 / 5 (210 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14