The Telling

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cover of the book The Telling by Virginia Kidd Agency Inc., Ursula K. Le Guin, HMH Books
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Author: Virginia Kidd Agency Inc., Ursula K. Le Guin ISBN: 9780547545622
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: September 11, 2000
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Language: English
Author: Virginia Kidd Agency Inc., Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN: 9780547545622
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: September 11, 2000
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language: English

Sutty, an Observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to a new worlda world in the grips of a stern monolithic state, the Corporation. Embracing the sophisticated technology brought by other worlds and desiring to advance even faster into the future, the Akans recently outlawed the past, the old calligraphy, certain words, all ancient beliefs and ways; every citizen must now be a producer-consumer. Their state, not unlike the China of the Cultural Revolution, is one of secular terrorism. Traveling from city to small town, from loudspeakers to bleating cattle, Sutty discovers the remnants of a banned religion, a hidden culture. As she moves deeper into the countryside and the desolate mountains, she learns more about the Tellingthe old faith of the Akansand more about herself. With her intricate creation of an alien world, Ursula K. Le Guin compels us to reflect on our own recent history.

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Sutty, an Observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to a new worlda world in the grips of a stern monolithic state, the Corporation. Embracing the sophisticated technology brought by other worlds and desiring to advance even faster into the future, the Akans recently outlawed the past, the old calligraphy, certain words, all ancient beliefs and ways; every citizen must now be a producer-consumer. Their state, not unlike the China of the Cultural Revolution, is one of secular terrorism. Traveling from city to small town, from loudspeakers to bleating cattle, Sutty discovers the remnants of a banned religion, a hidden culture. As she moves deeper into the countryside and the desolate mountains, she learns more about the Tellingthe old faith of the Akansand more about herself. With her intricate creation of an alien world, Ursula K. Le Guin compels us to reflect on our own recent history.

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