The Dispossessed Author:Ursula LeGuin The spellbinding story of Shevek, a brilliant physicist who single-handedly attempts to re-unite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust. Anarres, Shevek's homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization; Urras, the mother planet, is a world very similare to earth, with it's warring nations, great pover... more »ty, and immense wealth. Shevek reisks everything in a courageous visit to Urras - to learn, to teach, to share. But his gift becomes a threat.....and in the profound conflict which ensues, Shevek must re-examine his philosophy of iife.« less