# The Dispossessed

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- Book: [The Dispossessed](https://www.bookquiver.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-dispossessed) ([The Dispossessed.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-dispossessed.md))
- Authors: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.bookquiver.com/ursula-k-le-guin)
- Publisher: w_n
- ISBN: 978-13-9963-830-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2026-05-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'One of the literary greats of the twentieth century' Margaret Atwood 'A work of extraordinary imagination and compassion' Atlantic 'The book I wish I had written' Roddy Doyle Shevek, a brilliant physicist, was raised on Anarres, a barren moon with no government, army, laws, or police that has long been isolated from other worlds because of its rigid dedication to radical equality. Shevek's work promises a breakthrough that could alter the course of human civilisation, but to realise it, he must journey to Urras: a planet dazzling in its beauty and advancement yet fractured by hierarchy. Though initially welcomed by this unfamiliar civilisation, Shevek soon finds himself caught between competing visions of freedom, a bridge - and a threat - to both. In the conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs, even as he ignites the fires of change. From the inimitable Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed is a true classic of the twentieth century, a moving story about what it means to return home and a must-read science fiction masterpiece. WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM RODDY DOYLE