The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Dispossessed
Cover of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Author(s) Ursula K Le Guin
Published 1974
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Age group Adult


The Dispossessed is a science fiction novel set in Ursula K Le Guin's Hainish Cycle universe. It follows the life of Shevek, a physicist who travels from the anarcho-syndicalist society where he grew up to a neighboring planet whose society is more like modern Earth.

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  • Bullying
  • Death
  • Famine
  • Institutionalization (discussed, not depicted)
  • Miscarriage (mentioned)
  • Police brutality
  • Politics
  • Pregnancy
  • Prisons
  • Sex
  • Sexual assault
  • War (mentioned)

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