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Author Name Le Guin, Ursula K. Title The Dispossessed Binding Soft cover Book Condition Near Fine Jacket Condition No Jacket Type Book Edition First Avon Edition Publisher Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A. Avon Books 1975 ISBN 0380003821 / 9780380003822 Seller ID 001506 This is the spellbinding story of Shevek, a brilliant physicist who single-handedly attempts to reunite two plants cut off from each other by centuries of distrust. Anarres, Shevek's homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization; Urras, the mother planet, is a world very similar to Earth, with its warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Shevek risks everything in a courageous visit to Urras - to learn, to teach, to share. But his gift becomes a threat. and in the profound conflict which ensues, Shevek must re-examine his philosophy of life. An unread mass-market paperback, 311 pages with drawings of the planets. Light wear at the spine ends and bottom front corner. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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