# The Left Hand of Darkness

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- Authors: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.bookquiver.com/ursula-k-le-guin)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2017-04-13

## Description

'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

## Editions

### The Left Hand of Darkness

- Publisher: w_n
- ISBN: 978-13-9963-831-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2026-05-14
- Language: en_GB

### The Left Hand of Darkness

- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-594-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2018-09-20
- Language: en_GB

### The Left Hand of Darkness

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-163-5
- Published: 2017-04-13
- Language: en_GB

### The Left Hand of Darkness

- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-162-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2017-04-13
- Language: en_GB

### The Left Hand of Darkness

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-159-7
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2016-10-25
- Language: en_US

### The Left Hand of Darkness

- Publisher: ace
- ISBN: 978-04-4100-731-8
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2000-07-01
- Language: en_US