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Format:
Book
Title:
The dispossessed : an ambiguous Utopia
ISBN:
9780060125639

9780060512750

9780061054884
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Harper & Row, [1974]
Physical Description:
341 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Rinconete and Cortadillo -- Man of glass -- The colloquy of the dogs.
Summary:
"Shevek, a brilliant physicist, attempts to reunite two planets 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."--Provided by the publisher
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