Worlds of Exile and Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin - ISBN: 9781473230989
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Three Hainish novels: War, exile, and illusion shape destinies.

Worlds of Exile and Illusion

Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    13 October 2020

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Summary

From the multi-award-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea sequence comes this single-volume omnibus of the first three Hainish novels.

  • Intergalactic war reaches Fomalhaut II in Rocannon’s World.
  • Born out of season, a precocious young girl visits the alien city of the farborns and the false-men in Planet of Exile.
  • In City of Illusions a stranger wandering in the forest people’s woods is found and his he…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473230989
ISBN-10:1473230985
Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:13 October 2020
Weight:269g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 26mm
Series:S.F. MASTERWORKS
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Le Guin writes in quiet, straightforward sentences about people who feel they are being torn apart by massive forces in society - technological, political, economic - and who fight courageously to remain whole’ - The New York Times Book Review

As good as any contemporary at creating worlds, imaginary or our own … Le Guin writes with painstaking intelligence. Her characters are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy grace - Time Magazine

About The Author

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA’s Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

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