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The Dispossessed

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrated by: Roddy Doyle, Tim Treloar
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One of the very best must-listen novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle

'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...'

Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance. Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.

With powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world's influence on competition and co-operation, THE DISPOSSESSED is a true classic of the 20th century.

Featuring a new introduction written and read by Roddy Doyle

©2019 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Political Science Fiction Thought-Provoking Scary Socialism

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Critic reviews

The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin (Roddy Doyle)
An extraordinary work ... [Le Guin] created a working society in exquisite detail ... a fully realised hypothetical culture [as well as] living breathing characters who are inevitable products of that culture (Baird Searles)
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Amazingly refreshing view on the human experience. I'm very happy there are more books written by the same mind.

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I liked this book. It talks about a many interesting subjects such as anarchy and the fact that Utopias are not perfect. The narration was just OK. It was too fast and so I had to slow it down in audible which was not better either.

Good but narration could be better

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such timely issues, so beautifully written. the honesty between the main couple was particularly touching. wonderful book.

incredible

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Loved the political dialogues. Some of the characterisation feels a little stilted. Will read others in the series.

Reverse utopian fiction

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A kind of book that strikes you with the need for reflection about your inate and values imposed onto you every second paragraph.
I will have to re-listen to it many times over to get everything Le Guin has to offer.

Just brilliant. Mind-boggling.

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