Contents:
- Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen (1995)
- The Matter of Seggri (1994)
- Unchosen Love (1994)
- Mountain Ways (1996)
- Solitude (1994)
- Old Music and the Slave Women (1999)
- The Birthday of the World (2000)
- Paradises Lost (2002)
For more than four decades, Ursula K. Le Guin has enthralled readers
with her imagination, clarity, and moral vision. The recipient of
numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka
Award, and five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, this renowned writer has,
in each story and novel, created a provocative, ever-evolving universe
filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our
earthly selves.
Now, in The Birthday of the World, this artist
returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a
never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of
humanity. The first six tales in this volume are set in the author's
signature world of the Ekumen, "my pseudocoherent universe with holes
in the elbows," as Le Guin describes it – a world made familiar in her
award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness. The seventh,
title story was hailed by Publishers Weekly as "remarkable... a
standout." The final offering in the collection, Paradises Lost, is a
mesmerizing novella of space exploration and the pursuit of happiness.
