{"product_id":"the-left-hand-of-darkness-a-groundbreaking-feminist-literary-masterpiece-by-ursula-k-le-guin","title":"The Left Hand of Darkness : A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece by Ursula K. Le Guin","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself' Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Groundbreaking' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions' Paris Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA visionary classic, The Left Hand of Darkness reshaped fiction with its radical exploration of gender, human connection and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM DAVID MITCHELL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries:S.F. MASTERWORKS\u003cbr\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 336 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781399638319\u003cbr\u003ePublished:14 May 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction\u003cbr\u003eWeight:296g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:129 x 197 x 26 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64627679887709,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781399638319.jpg?v=1778075600","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-left-hand-of-darkness-a-groundbreaking-feminist-literary-masterpiece-by-ursula-k-le-guin","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}