Original: It tells the story of Sutty , a Terran sent to be an Ekumen observer , on the planet Aka , and her experiences with the conflict there between the Corporation , a repressive State capitalist ( or corporatist ) government and the indigenous resistance , which is centered on the traditions of the Telling ( for which the book is named ) .
Simplified: The Telling is a 2000 science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin and is set in her fictional world called the Hainish Cycle .