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Can I read The Birthday of the World on EtoBox?
The Birthday of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Birthday of the World about?
Eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity. Here are stories that explore complex social interactions and troublesome issues of gender and sex; that define and defy notions of personal relationships and of society itself; that examine loyalty, survival, and introversion; that bring to light the vicissitudes of slavery and the meaning of transformation, religion, and history.
Who reads The Birthday of the World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Publisher
- Perfectbound
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060085353
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Contemporary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.27 / 5 (97 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Birthday of the World : And Other Stories (2014)
- The Birthday of the World : And Other Stories (2002)
- L anniversaire du monde V2 (2013)
- The Birthday of the World : And Other Stories (2009)
- L'anniversaire du monde (AILLEURS DEMAIN) (2013)
- Dünyanın Doğum Günü ve Diğer Öyküler (2009)
- The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (2010)
- The Birthday of the World : And Other Stories (2012)
- The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (Gollancz) (2003)
- Dünyanın Doğum Günü Ve Diğer Hikayeler (2009)
- The Birthday of the World : And Other Stories (2003)
- Kroeber: L Anniversaire Du Monde (2013)
- L'anniversaire Du Monde (2013)
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