The Eye of the Heron

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Tor U.K.
11 September 2018

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Science fiction; Dystopia

From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Eye of the Heron.

In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups - the farmers of Shantih and the City dwellers - live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the City, the City Bosses rule the Shantih with an iron fist. When a group of farmers decide to form a new settlement further away, the Bosses retaliate by threatening to crush the rebellion.

Luz understands what it means to have no choices. Her father is a Boss and he has ruled over her life with the same iron fist. Luz wonders what it might be like to make her own choices. To be free to choose her own destiny.

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Imprint: Tor U.K.
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 177g
ISBN: 9781250191076
ISBN 10: 1250191076
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 11 September 2018
Recommended Age: From 10 to 18 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

URSULA K. LE GUIN is the acclaimed author of more than three dozen books. She has been shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, invited into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and won numerous awards for her fiction for children and adults. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews for The Eye of the Heron

"""This small gem of a novel encapsulates the qualities that make Le Guin a key figure in today's science fiction."" --Publishers Weekly ""Queen of the realm of fantasy.""--Washington Post ""Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. L e Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own.""--The Boston Globe ""Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself.""--Zadie Smith ""Ursula Le Guin can lift fiction to the level of poetry and compress it to the density of allegory."" --Jonathan Lethem"