Dispossessed
Pocketböcker. Orion Publishing Group. 1999. 336 sidor.
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' OBSERVERThe Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication.It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781857988826
- Titel
- Dispossessed
- Författare
- Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Förlag
- Orion Publishing Group
- Utgivningsår
- 1999
- Omfång
- 336 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 129 x 197 mm Ryggbredd 20 mm
- Vikt
- 230 g
- Språk
- English