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The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Published 1974 by Harper & Row · 341 pages

Hugo Winner 1975Nebula Winner 1975
Science Fiction

Synopsis

A brilliant physicist from the anarchist moon colony of Anarres makes the unprecedented journey to its lush mother planet, Urras, hoping to share his revolutionary temporal theory and bridge the divide between two vastly different societies. Alternating between past and present, the novel explores the tensions between individual freedom and collective responsibility.

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Series

Hainish Cycle #6

Author Nationality

US

ISBN

9780060125639

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