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

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic 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 Guins best short stories. She has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected over the years, but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her work.
    • Content Notes:
      Part 1: What on Earth. Introduction -- Brothers and sisters -- A week in the country -- Unlocking the air -- Imaginary countries -- Diary of the rose -- The direction of the road -- The white donkey -- Gwilan's harp -- May's lion -- Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight -- Horse camp -- The lost children -- The water is wide -- Texts -- Sleepwalkers -- Hand, cup, shell -- Ether, OR -- Half past four -- Part 2: Outer space, inner lands. Introduction -- The ones who walk away from Omelas -- Semley's necklace -- Nine lives -- Mazes -- First contact with the Gorgonids -- Shobies' story -- Betrayals -- The matter of Seggre -- Solitude -- The wild girls -- The gliers of Gy -- The silence of the Asonu -- 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.
    • Notes:
      1 5 22
    • ISBN:
      9781481475969
      1481475967
    • Accession Number:
      960957181
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1035501