The Dispossessed - SF Masterworks

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again' THE TIMES'The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin' Roddy Doyle'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVERThe Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres.But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.

ISBN:	9781857988826
Publisher:	Orion
Imprint:	Gateway
Published date:	12 Aug 1999
DEWEY:	813.54
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Sales rank:	7753
Number of pages:	318
Weight:	240g
Height:	197mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	22mm

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