The Left Hand of Darkness

*The Left Hand of Darkness* Introduction: On the cold planet Winter, live a people without fixed gender, who can freely choose their sex. On a special day each month, they freely become male or female. An envoy from the Interstellar Union is dispatched to Winter with a secret mission. However, everything on Winter—its strange customs, ancient legends, and chaotic politics—challenges the envoy's preconceived notions. Faced with the unfamiliar, how should he navigate what is right and what is wrong? Among these strangers at the end of the universe, he sees another version of himself. Ursula K. Le Guin (1929—) was an American master of speculative fiction, a literary giant, one of the "Big Three" of fantasy literature, and known as the "Queen of Science Fiction." Ursula K. Le Guin received countless awards throughout her life. She won six Hugo Awards, six Nebula Awards, and twenty-one Locus Awards, as well as the National Book Award, World Fantasy Award, Kafka Prize, Horn Book Award, Newbery Medal, James Tiptree Jr. Award, and many other significant honors. She was also named a "Grand Master" by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and received the *Los Angeles Times*' "Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement." In 2000, the Library of Congress named her a "Living Legend" among writers and artists. In 2014, she received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Western literary critics listed her as an "American classic author," and Japanese writer Haruki Murakami also highly praised her. Le Guin was a legend who, despite her status, disliked being called one. She said, "I hate being called a 'legend.' I stand here as a flesh and blood person."

2017-11-01

中國計量出版社

361

9787550291225