num_pages: 304
description: At the far end of our universe, on the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, all humankind is divided into "assets" and "owners," tradition and liberation are at war, and freedom takes many forms. Here is a society as complex and troubled as any on our world, peopled with unforgettable characters struggling to become fully human. For the disgraced revolutionary Abberkam, the callow "space brat" Solly, the haughty soldier Teyeo, and the Ekumen historian and Hainish exile Havzhiva, freedom and duty both begin in the heart, and success as well as failure has its costs.In this stunning collection of four intimately interconnected novellas, Ursula K. Le Guin returns to the great themes that have made her one of America's most honored and respected authors.
language: English
title: Four Ways to Forgiveness
titlecomplete: Four Ways to Forgiveness (Hainish Cycle, #7)
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Anthologies, Feminism, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 4245
series: Yeowe and Werel, Hainish Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novella for "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novella for "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection (1996) and Best Novella  for "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
category: "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 757411200000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Longlist for "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 788947200000
name: SF Chronicle Award
category: Novella for "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Asimov's Readers' Poll Award
category: Best Novella for "Forgiveness Day", awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Harper Perennial