by Ursula K. Le Guin · Austral · tapa dura · ISBN 9788445020203
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One of Ursula K. Le Guin's most important novels, 'The Left Hand of Darkness' is a science fiction classic that has transformed the genre. The story follows Genly Ai, an envoy to the planet Gueden, also known as Winter, to contact its inhabitants and propose they join the league of planets known as the Ecumen. The Guedenians are unique because they are hermaphrodites and only adopt one sex during their rutting season, called kémmer. In Winter, Ai meets Estraven, a high-ranking official who shows him how different a society without sexual differentiation can be.
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said that she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".
