{"product_id":"9781399638319","title":"The Left Hand of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself' Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Groundbreaking' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions' \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lone human emissary journeys from Earth to the planet of Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose - and change - their gender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  His goal is to secure Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilisation, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and the culture he encounters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Forced into a perilous partnership with an outcast on a journey across the planet's bitter, whirling snow, he learns how survival, trust and love take shape in a world nothing like his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A visionary classic,\u003ci\u003e The Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e reshaped fiction with its radical exploration of gender, human connection and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM DAVID MITCHELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026#38; Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57136524951925,"sku":"9781399638319","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781399638319.jpg?v=1778158835","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/9781399638319","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}