
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
“A novel about a world with no gender — that turns out to be entirely about how gender shapes everything we think we know.”
EraNew Wave Science Fiction
Pages304
Difficulty★★★☆☆ Challenging
AP Appearances7
Major Themes
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