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The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1969. It won the 1969 Nebula and 1970 Hugo awards.

The Left Hand of Darkness
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
Cover artistLeo and Diane Dillon (depicted)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHainish Cycle
Published1969 (Ace Books)[2]
Media typePrint (paperback original; hardcover also 1969)
OCLC181524
Preceded byCity of Illusions[3] 
Followed byThe Word for World Is Forest[3][a] 

Translations

  • Catalan: [La Mà Esquerra de la Foscor] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), 1985, 1997
  • Croatian: [Lijeva ruka tame] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), 2004 (ISBN 978-953-203-182-9)
  • Czech: [Levá ruka tmy] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Danish: [Mørkets venstre hånd] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Danish: [De linkerhand van het duister] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Estonian: [Pimeduse pahem käsi] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Finnish: [Pimeyden vasen käsi] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • French: [La Main gauche de la nuit] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • German: [Die linke Hand der Dunkelheit] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), also known as Winterplanet (Heyne-Verlag paperback edition, translated by Gisela Stege)
  • Greek: Το αριστερό χέρι του Σκότους
  • Hebrew: מעבר לעלטה and later as Hebrew: צד שמאל של החושך
  • Hungarian: [A sötétség balkeze] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), 1979, 2015
  • Italian: [La mano sinistra delle tenebre] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Korean: 어둠의 왼손 1995, 2002
  • Polish: [Lewa ręka ciemności] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Portuguese: [A Mão Esquerda da Escuridão] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • Romanian: Mâna stângă a întunericului
  • Russian: Левая рука Тьмы, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2006
  • Serbian: Leva ruka tame
  • Spanish: La Mano Izquierda de la Oscuridad
  • Serbian: Mörkrets vänstra hand
  • Turkish: [Karanlığın Sol Eli] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)

The Left Hand Of Darkness Media

  • Le Guin giving a reading in 2008

  • Map of Gethen, showing the lands of Karhide and Orgoreyn, and places visited by Genly Ai and Estraven

Notes

  1. ↑ This sequence refers to novels in the Hainish cycle. The short story "Winter's King" was published in 1969, between the publication of City of Illusions (1967) and Left Hand.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Fenner 2014.
  2. ↑ Spivack 1984, p. 173.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Watson 1975.
  4. ↑ Spivack 1984, p. 47.
  5. ↑ Spivack 1984, p. 166.

Further reading

  • Bernardo, Susan M.; Murphy, Graham J. (2006). Ursula K. Le Guin: A Critical Companion (1st ed.). Westport, Connecticut, United States: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33225-8.
  • Cadden, Mike (2005). Ursula K. Le Guin Beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults (1st ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-99527-6.
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. (1993). The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (revised ed.). HarperPerennial. ISBN 978-0-06-092412-6.

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