The Dispossessed (50th Anniversary Special Edition)

Gollancz Emporium 50th anniversary special edition hardback.

The 50th anniversary special edition hardback of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed, one of the most lauded works of science fiction of all time. Featuring a foil blocked cover, a foil blocked slipcase featuring a die-cut stencil, two-colour printing inside the book, and sixteen illustrations by Matt Rota. 

About this special edition...

• Numbered edition of 500 copies
• Printed in two colours
• Sewn binding
• Featuring 16 illustrations by Matt Rota, as well as beautiful chapter-header artwork
• Featuring an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Marker ribbon
• Luscious sprayed edge
• Foil blocked cover
• Printed on 140gsm Golden Sun acid free paper
• Stunning endpapers by Matt Rota featuring a reproduction of Ursula’s original maps
• Housed in a foil blocked slipcase with die-cut

'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.

Ursula K. Le Guin is a legend of speculative fiction, and the author behind such classics as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, over a hundred short stories and several world-renowned pieces of literary criticism. In 2014 she won the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Her work has had a profound influence on many other authors, including Salman Rushdie, Iain Banks and David Mitchell, and she has been described by Michael Chabon as the 'greatest American writer of her generation'. With 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.