The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

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Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning, groundbreaking science fiction classic takes us to the world of Winter, and introduces us to its inhabitants, the Gethenians-whose society is not based on gender roles.

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Genly Ai: A representative from a galactic federation of worlds (the Ekumen), who seeks to bring the world of Gethen into that society.

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I'LL MAKE MY REPORT AS IF I TOLD A STORY, FOR I WAS taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination.

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Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)

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Hugo Award (1969)
Nebula Award (1970)

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