{"product_id":"9781473228412","title":"The Dispossessed","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 October 2019 by Orion Publishing Co (Gollancz) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the S.F. Masterworks' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 199 x 21 | 236g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again' THE TIMES'The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin' Roddy Doyle'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...'Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance.  Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world's influence on competition and co-operation, THE DISPOSSESSED is a true classic of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56537228247415,"sku":"9781473228412","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781473228412.jpg?v=1768396999","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781473228412","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}