{"product_id":"the-left-hand-of-darkness-hardcover","title":"The Left Hand of Darkness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn envoy comes to a frozen world whose people have no fixed sex, and has to learn to see them as they are.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShelf note: Slow to start and worth every page. The trek across the ice is one of the great passages in the genre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenly Ai has come to the planet Gethen to invite its nations into an interstellar alliance. The Gethenians can become either male or female, and Genly's assumptions keep failing him. When politics turns against him, he and a disgraced Gethenian politician make a desperate journey across the ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Hugo and Nebula awards and one of the landmarks of science fiction. This hardcover includes an introduction by Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67967243878599,"sku":"9780143111597","price":23.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/0741\/9335\/files\/9780143111597.jpg?v=1792520378","url":"https:\/\/spineboundbooks.com\/products\/the-left-hand-of-darkness-hardcover","provider":"Spinebound Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}