{"product_id":"conversations-with-ursula-k-le-guin-paperback","title":"Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations with Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/i\u003e assembles interviews with the renowned science-fiction and fantasy author of \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lathe of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eEarthsea\u003c\/i\u003e sequence of novels and stories. For nearly five decades, Le Guin (b. 1929) has enjoyed immense success--both critical and popular--in science fiction and fantasy. But she has also published well-received works in such genres as realistic fiction, poetry, children's literature, criticism, and translation. In the pieces collected here, Le Guin takes every interview not as an opportunity to recapitulate long-held views but as an occasion for in-depth intellectual discourse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In interviews spanning over twenty-five years of her literary career, including a previously unpublished piece conducted by the volume's editor, Le Guin talks about such diverse subjects as U.S. foreign policy, the history of architecture, the place of women and feminist consciousness in American literature, and the differences between science fiction and fantasy.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected interviews with the renowned science fiction and fantasy writer known for The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and the Earthsea sequence of novels and stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Louisiana State University and author of \u003ci\u003eCritical Theory and Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Incomplete Projects: Marxism, Modernity, and the Politics of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGeorge Orwell: A Study in Ideology and Literary Form. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also editor of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Isaac Asimov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Samuel R. Delany\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.88 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166712565895,"sku":"9781604730944","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8d68fd47254e3eb3d645725cf702e865.webp?v=1733322631","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/conversations-with-ursula-k-le-guin-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}