The Dispossessed
Open Library
50th Anniversary Edition
Ursula K. Le Guin
overview
In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, a commemorative edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning classic, a profound and thoughtful tale of anarchism and capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and one ambitious man’s quest to bridge the ideological chasm separating two worlds. This special edition includes a new foreword by Karen Joy Fowler.
The Dispossessed is the spellbinding story of anarchist Shevek, the “galactically famous scientist,” who single-handedly attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust.
Anarres, Shevek’s homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization, where there is no government, and everyone, at least nominally, is a revolutionary. It has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—defined by warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to unify the two civilizations. In the face of great hostility, outright threats, and the pain of separation from his family, he makes an unprecedented trip to Urras. Greater than any concern for his own wellbeing is the belief that the walls of hatred, distrust, and philosophic division between his planet and the rest of the civilized universe must be torn down. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and explore differences in customs and cultures, determined to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.
To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. Almost immediately upon his arrival, he finds not the egotistical philistines he expected, but an intelligent, complex people who warmly welcome him. But soon the ambitious scientist and his gift is seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change
other editions (48)
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Els desposseïts Rayo Verde 2023
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Els desposseïts RAYO VERDE EDITORIAL, S.L. 2022
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Los desposeídos Minotauro 2021
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The Dispossessed Harper Voyager 2020
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Los desposeídos Minotauro 2020
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Dispossessed Orion Publishing Group, Limited 2019
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Os Despossuídos Aleph 2019
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Els desposseïts RAYO VERDE EDITORIAL, S.L. 2018
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Los desposeídos Minotauro 2018
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失去一切的人 北京联合出版公司 2017
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Os Despossuídos Editora Aleph 2017
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Freie Geister FISCHER TOR 2017
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I reietti dell'altro pianeta Mondadori 2016
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The Dispossessed: A Novel (Harper Perennial Olive Edition) Harper Perennial 2015
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Dispossessed Orion Publishing Group, Limited 2015
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I reietti dell'altro pianeta Mondadori 2014
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一无所有 四川科学技术出版社 2009
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Les Dépossédés Le Livre de Poche 2006
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The Dispossessed Orion 2006
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Die Enteigneten Edition Phantasia 2006
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一無所有 繆思出版有限公司 2005
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Dispossessed HarperCollins Publishers 2004
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The Dispossessed Harper Perennial 2003
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Dispossessed HarperCollins Publishers 2002
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Dispossessed HarperCollins Publishers 2002
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Dispossessed HarperCollins Publishers 2002
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Dispossessed HarperCollins Publishers 2002
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Los Desposeidos Minotauro 2002
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Les Dépossédés Robert Laffont 2000
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Mülksüzler Metis 2000
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The Dispossessed Orion Publishing Group 1999
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Planet der Habenichtse. Argument- Verlag GmbH 1999
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The dispossessed Voyager 1996
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Desposeidos, Los Minotauro 1995
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia Harper Voyager 1994
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Wydziedziczeni Phantom Press 1993
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Wydziedziczeni Phantom Press 1993
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Dispossessed HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1991
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De Ontheemde (Prisma 2540) Het Spectrum 1985
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ha-Menushal Keter 1980
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I Poli tis Utopias Cactus 1978
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Planet der Habenichtse Heyne 1976
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Les Dépossédés Robert Laffont 1975
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De Ontheemde None 1975
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The Dispossessed Avon Books 1975
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The dispossessed Avon 1975
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Dispossessed Avon Books 1975
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The Dispossessed Avon 1974