by Ursula K. Le Guin · Orbit · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780708880814
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«The Left Hand of Darkness» is the science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Orbit in paperback (256 pages, in English).
On the planet Winter, a frozen and remote world, envoy Genly Ai tries to convince its inhabitants to join an interstellar coalition. His mission clashes with a society in which gender is not a fixed category, and both he and those who receive him must confront their prejudices. A story of travel, diplomacy and trust about identity and difference.
Originally published in 1969, it is the fourth novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Cycle and won the Hugo and Nebula awards.
A work for readers of classic science fiction with an interest in identity and social speculation.
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".
