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Le storie riunite in questo volume spaziano dalla fantascienza pura alla fantasy a un realismo unicamente ed eccezionalmente magico, e dalla commedia brillante alla tragedia più cupa. "Intercom", per esempio, è una divertente e pungente parodia di una ben nota serie televisiva di fantascienza, mentre "Il diario della rosa" esamina con accorata passione l'uso dei trattamenti psichiatrici per la represssione dei dissidenti politici, e "Sur" è il...

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Filled with characters and Earthsea lore from Le Guin's previous novels, this new story introduces a sorcerer who makes a desperate last stand against the land of the dead when he dreams of an imminent invasion.

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Cheek by Jowl is a collection of talks and essays on how and why fantasy matters by Ursula K. Le Guin. In these essays, the author argues passionately that the homogenization of our world makes the work of fantasy essential for helping us break through what she calls the reality trap. Le Guin writes not only of the pleasures of her own childhood reading, but also about what fantasy means for all of us living in the global twenty-first century.

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A highly acclaimed novel about the adventures of four winged tabby cats who leave the city in search of a safe place to live.

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The award-winning masterpiece by one of today's most honored writers! "The Word for World is Forest" When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. B...

Relations are strained between the planet Werels native people and its colony of stranded Earthmen. But the two peoples share not only a common genetic heritage, but common enemies as well. Will they join forces or be annihilated?

Relations are strained between the planet Werels native people and its colony of stranded Earthmen. But the two peoples share not only a common genetic heritage, but common enemies as well. Will they join forces or be annihilated?

Superbly written tales by a beloved storyteller at the height of her power, this stunning collection of mainstream fiction is, in Le Guin's own words, "explorations of the mysteries of name and time and ordinary living and ordinary pain".

This innovative project in poetry translation serves as a model for both cross-cultural interpretation and individual poetic exchange by authors. Two internationally recognized poets, Ursula Le Guin of the United States and Diana Bellessi of Argentina, have translated each other's works as a means of bridging cultural gaps and promoting cross-cultural and bilingual understanding. After years of working together and perfecting their translation...

The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes--not airplanes but planes of existence--in this humorous and poignant series of stories by National Book Award-winning author Le Guin.

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION-WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERSUrsula K. Le Guin's groundbreaking work of science fiction-winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards.A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants' gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he ...