The Left Hand of Darkness

1969 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1969. It won the 1969 Nebula and 1970 Hugo awards.

The Left Hand of Darkness
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
Cover artistLeo and Diane Dillon (depicted)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHainish Cycle
GenreScience fiction
Published1969 (Ace Books)[2]
Media typePrint (paperback original; hardcover also 1969)
Pages286 (first edition)
300 (most modern editions)
OCLC181524
Preceded byCity of Illusions[3] 
Followed byThe Word for World Is Forest[3][a] 

Translations

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  • Catalan: La Mà Esquerra de la Foscor, 1985, 1997
  • Croatian: Lijeva ruka tame, 2004 (ISBN 978-953-203-182-9)
  • Czech: Levá ruka tmy
  • Danish: Mørkets venstre hånd
  • Danish: De linkerhand van het duister
  • Estonian: Pimeduse pahem käsi
  • Finnish: Pimeyden vasen käsi
  • French: La Main gauche de la nuit
  • German: Die linke Hand der Dunkelheit, also known as Winterplanet (Heyne-Verlag paperback edition, translated by Gisela Stege)
  • Greek: Το αριστερό χέρι του Σκότους
  • Hebrew: מעבר לעלטה and later as Hebrew: צד שמאל של החושך
  • Hungarian: A sötétség balkeze, 1979, 2015
  • Italian: La mano sinistra delle tenebre
  • Korean: 어둠의 왼손 1995, 2002
  • Polish: Lewa ręka ciemności
  • Portuguese: A Mão Esquerda da Escuridão
  • Romanian: Mâna stângă a întunericului
  • Russian: Левая рука Тьмы, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2006
  • Serbian: Leva ruka tame
  • Spanish: La Mano Izquierda de la Oscuridad
  • Serbian: Mörkrets vänstra hand
  • Turkish: Karanlığın Sol Eli
  1. This sequence refers to novels in the Hainish cycle. The short story "Winter's King" was published in 1969, between the publication of City of Illusions (1967) and Left Hand.[4][5]

References

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  1. Fenner 2014.
  2. Spivack 1984, p. 173.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Watson 1975.
  4. Spivack 1984, p. 47.
  5. Spivack 1984, p. 166.

Further reading

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  • Bernardo, Susan M.; Murphy, Graham J. (2006). Ursula K. Le Guin: A Critical Companion (1st ed.). Westport, Connecticut, United States: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33225-8.
  • Cadden, Mike (2005). Ursula K. Le Guin Beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults (1st ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-99527-6.
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. (1993). The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (revised ed.). HarperPerennial. ISBN 978-0-06-092412-6.

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