Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell)

paperback

The left hand of darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin ; includes a new introduction by David Mitchell and a new afterword by Charlie Jane Anders - paperback

Genly Ai, a human ambassador, is sent to the planet Gethen to invite the rival nations living there to join the Terran confederation. Encountering an unusual civilization where sexuality is fluid, Ai has great difficulty understanding the political and interpersonal interactions of beings with no set gender. This ground-breaking novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and influenced the development of serious, thematic science fictionCover design by Jim Tierney

50th anniversary edition

9780441007318

2018456348

xx, 315 pages, 21 cm

(Sirsi) u1371281(OCoLC)1106554284