The Left Hand of Darkness : A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece by Ursula K. Le Guin

'Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself' Zadie Smith

'Groundbreaking' Guardian

'No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions' Paris Review

A lone human emissary journeys from Earth to the planet of Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose - and change - their gender. His goal is to secure Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilisation, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and the culture he encounters. Forced into a perilous partnership with an outcast on a journey across the planet's bitter, whirling snow, he learns how survival, trust and love take shape in a world nothing like his own.

A visionary classic, The Left Hand of Darkness reshaped fiction with its radical exploration of gender, human connection and power.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM DAVID MITCHELL

Series:S.F. MASTERWORKS
Format:Paperback / softback 336 pages
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN:9781399638319
Published:14 May 2026
Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction
Weight:296g
Dimensions:129 x 197 x 26 (mm)