num_pages: 387
description: Alternative Cover Edition of ISBN 006051275X/ISBN-13 9780060512750Centuries ago, the moon Anarres was settled by utopian anarchists who left the Earthlike planet Urras in search of a better world, a new beginning. Now a brilliant physicist, Shevek, determines to reunite the two civilizations that have been separated by hatred since long before he was born.The Dispossessed is a penetrating examination of society and humanity -- and one man's brave undertaking to question the unquestionable and ignite the fires of change.
language: English
title: The Dispossessed
titlecomplete: The Dispossessed
characters: Shevek, Takver, Bedap
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Philosophy, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 118585
series: Hainish Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Jupiter Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction, awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Premi Ictineu
category: Millor novel·la traduïda
publisher: Harper Perennial Classics