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In Ursula K. Le Guin’s evocative tale, a tranquil realm hides a paradox: the joy of its people is built on a single, grim act of cruelty. Faced with this moral dilemma, a handful of inhabitants choose to walk away, rejecting the underlying injustice.
First publish date: 1973
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Ursula K. Le Guin
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