# The Left Hand of Darkness

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- Authors: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.bookquiver.com/ursula-k-le-guin)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-594-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2018-09-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time: 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell 'Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new' Two people, until recently strangers, find themselves on a long, tortuous and dangerous journey across the ice. One is an outcast, forced to leave his beloved homeland; the other is fleeing from a different kind of persecution. What they have in common is curiosity, about others and themselves, and an almost unshakeable belief that the world can be a better place. As they journey for over 800 miles, across the harshest, most inhospitable landscape, they discover the true meaning of friendship, and of love.