Dispossessed [50th Anniversary Edition]

◆ 世界幻想文坛的传奇女王！ ◆ 6次雨果奖、6次星云奖、21次轨迹奖、世界奇幻奖、美国国家图书奖、美国文学杰出贡献奖、卡夫卡奖、纽伯瑞奖、号角书奖、小詹姆斯?提普翠奖！ ◆为庆祝其五十周年，我们推出乌尔苏拉·勒奎恩的雨果奖、轨迹奖和星云奖获奖经典作品纪念版 ◆ 美国科幻奇幻作家协会“大师”称号、作家与艺术家中的“在世传奇”、“奇幻小说三巨头”之一！ ◆ 理想不是一切，但失去理想如同失去一切。 ◆ 村上春树：厄休拉·勒古恩的文字极为优美丰富，是我钟爱的女作家。 ◆ 《纽约时报》：勒古恩文笔极为出色、简练，其作品令人折服。有她这部作品，至少十年内都不该再有人尝试写乌托邦。 ◆ 《时代周刊》：勒古恩笔下的角色复杂饱满，让人难忘。她的作品因其无穷的魅力而不凡。 ◆ 《波士顿环球报》：勒古恩，一个伟大的小说家，创造了一个令我们重拾信心、卸下负担、回归自我的幻想世界。 ◆ 《纽约时报》：勒古恩是美国当今科幻小说作家中数一数二的伟大作家。 ----------------- 这是一个人寻找乌托邦的故事。 阿纳瑞斯和乌拉斯，是一对双子星球，都有人类居住。 但这两个星球，一个不堪，令人想逃离；一个理想，令人向往。 一个人为追求理想，逃离阿纳瑞斯，投奔理想世界乌拉斯。 在那里，却发现了另一种残酷的现实。 身处现实与理想的两端，他该何去何从？ 理想不是一切，但失去理想如同失去一切。 ----------------- One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, a commemorative edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning classic, a profound and thoughtful tale of anarchism and capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and one ambitious man’s quest to bridge the ideological chasm separating two worlds. This special edition includes a new foreword by Karen Joy Fowler. The Dispossessed is the spellbinding story of anarchist Shevek, the “galactically famous scientist,” who single-handedly attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust. Anarres, Shevek’s homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization, where there is no government, and everyone, at least nominally, is a revolutionary. It has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—defined by warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to unify the two civilizations. In the face of great hostility, outright threats, and the pain of separation from his family, he makes an unprecedented trip to Urras. Greater than any concern for his own wellbeing is the belief that the walls of hatred, distrust, and philosophic division between his planet and the rest of the civilized universe must be torn down. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and explore differences in customs and cultures, determined to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart. To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. Almost immediately upon his arrival, he finds not the egotistical philistines he expected, but an intelligent, complex people who warmly welcome him. But soon the ambitious scientist and his gift is seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.