This novel in the Hainish cycle is a reflection on the conflict of politics & religion in our world, & the story of a spiritual journey. Sutty, an Observer for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to Aka, a world in the grip of a materialistic gov't. The monolithic State of Aka has outlawed all old customs & beliefs. Sutty herself, an Earthwoman, has fled from a similar monolithic state -- but one controlled by religious fundamentalists. She travels into the countryside to seek the remnants of the banned culture of Aka. She lives with the people & begins to learn their religion -- the Telling. As she joins them on a trek to one of the last sacred places, she glimpses hope for the reconcil. of the warring ideol. that have filled their lives, & her own, with grief.
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Ursula K. Le Guin was born in 1929 in Berkeley, California, and lives in Portland, Oregon. She has won many awards, both literary and genre, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.
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