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The unreal and the real / the selected short stories of Ursula K. Le Guin.

Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 (author.).

Summary:

A collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin --- selected by the author, and combined in one volume for the first time. The Unreal and the Real is a collection of some of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories. She has had her work collected over the years, but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her work.

Record details

ISBN: 9781481475969
ISBN: 1481475967
Physical Description: 715 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Saga Press edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Saga Press, 2016.
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published in two editions in 2012 by Small Beer Press.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Where on earth. Introduction -- Brothers and sisters -- A Week in the country -- Unlocking the air -- Imaginary countries -- The Diary of the rose -- Direction of the road -- The White donkey -- Gwilan's harp -- May's lion -- Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight -- Horse camp -- The water is wide -- The lost children -- Texts -- Sleepwalkers -- Hand, cup, shell -- Ether, Or -- Half past four.

Part II. Outer Space, Inner lands. Introduction -- The ones who walk away from Omelas -- Semley's necklace -- Nine lives -- Mazes -- The first contact with the Gorgonids -- The Shobies' story -- Betrayals -- The matter of Seggri -- Solitude -- The wild girls -- The fliers of Gy -- The silence of the Asonu -- The ascent of the North Face -- The author of the Acacia seeds -- The wife's story -- The rule of names -- Small change -- The poacher -- Sur -- She unnames them -- Jar of water.