The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. le Guin

Book 6 of Hainish Cycle

Language: English

Publisher: Orbit

Published: Jan 1, 1969

Awards: Hugo.Best Novel.Winner.1970, Nebula.Best Novel.Winner.1970
List Of Awards: Hugo, Nebula
Date Read: Mar 4, 1999
Form: Novel
Pages: 261
Read Status: read
Shelves: read
Word Count: 85307

Description:

Genly Ai is a diplomat of sorts, sent to observe the inhabitants of the snowbound planet of Winter. But the isolated, androgynous people are suspicious of this strange, single-gendered visitor. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, they have no knowledge of space travel or of life beyond their own world. So, bringing news of a vast coalition of planets they are invited to join, he is met with fear, mistrust and disbelief.But also something more. For Genly Ai, who sees himself as a bringer of the truth, it is a bittersweet irony that he will discover truths about himself and, in the snow-shrouded strangeness of Winter, find both love and tragedy...