Birthday of the World and Other Stories
Birthday of the World and Other Stories
“Le Guin is a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller with the humor and force of a Twain… The Birthday of the World is prime new Le Guin. Like a tour of other countries, these splendid and necessary stories will send you back home with new eyes.”—Boston Globe<br />
Ursula K. Le Guin is a master of literary speculative fiction that is both thoughtful and thought-provoking. With The Birthday of the World she once again demonstrates her virtuosity with a superb collection of eight science fiction tales.<br />
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The first six stories in this spectacular volume are set in the author’s signature world of the Ekumen, “my pseudo-coherent universe with holes in the elbows,” as Le Guin describes it—a world made familiar in her award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness. The seventh, title story was hailed by Publishers Weekly as “remarkable…a standout.” The final offering Paradises Lost, is a mesmerizing novella of space exploration and the pursuit of happiness.
Birthday of the World and Other Stories
Характеристики:
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ISBN:
9780060509064
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Автор:
Le Guin, Ursula K.
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Язык:
Английский
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Издательство:
HarperCollins USA
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Количество страниц:
384
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Дата издания:
04.03.2003
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СОЕДИНЕННЫЕ ШТАТЫ
Birthday of the World and Other Stories
“Le Guin is a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller with the humor and force of a Twain… The Birthday of the World is prime new Le Guin. Like a tour of other countries, these splendid and necessary stories will send you back home with new eyes.”—Boston Globe<br />
Ursula K. Le Guin is a master of literary speculative fiction that is both thoughtful and thought-provoking. With The Birthday of the World she once again demonstrates her virtuosity with a superb collection of eight science fiction tales.<br />
<br />
The first six stories in this spectacular volume are set in the author’s signature world of the Ekumen, “my pseudo-coherent universe with holes in the elbows,” as Le Guin describes it—a world made familiar in her award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness. The seventh, title story was hailed by Publishers Weekly as “remarkable…a standout.” The final offering Paradises Lost, is a mesmerizing novella of space exploration and the pursuit of happiness.
