Ursula K Le Guin Books Amazon. Contains the short story, 'the daughter of odren', published in print for the first time, and the brand new story 'firelight'. A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid.
She was the bestselling author of the earthsea books and the hainish books, including the left hand of darkness, which was awarded both the nebula and the hugo awards. In 2014, she was awarded the national book foundation medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Among her honors are a national book award, five hugo and five nebula awards, the kafka award, a pushcart prize, and the harold d.
One of the most beautiful fantasy books i have read.
At last year’s national book awards, le guin was given a medal for distinguished contribution to american letters and bemoaned the state of publishing in her speech: Sent from and sold by blackwell's uk. Among her honors are a national book award, five hugo and five nebula awards, the kafka award, a pushcart prize, and the harold d. Le guin at 2014 national book awards from national book foundation on vimeo.