by Ursula K. Le Guin · Minotauro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788445070581
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The Word for World Is Forest is a science fiction novella by Ursula K. Le Guin. The story is set on a forest-covered planet called New Tahiti, where humans have established a logging colony. The native inhabitants, the Athsheans, have a culture centered on lucid dreaming and live in harmony with nature. The arrival of the human colonists and their ruthless exploitation of natural resources disrupts this balance, leading to an inevitable conflict between the two cultures. The novella explores themes such as colonialism, ecology, intercultural communication, and the nature of violence.
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said that she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".
