{"product_id":"9781473234178","title":"The Lathe Of Heaven","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Le Guin, Ursula K.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 21 October 2021 by Orion Publishing Co (Gollancz) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the S.F. Masterworks' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 196 x 23 | 180g\u003cp\u003e'Ursula Le Guin was able to reimagine many concepts we take to be natural, shared, and unalterable - gender, utopia, creation, war, family, the city, the country - and reveal the all-too-human constructions at their centre ... Literature will miss her. There's no one like her' Zadie Smith'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVERThrough his dreams, George Orr can make alternate realities real - but who is controlling him?War rages and global warming wreaks havoc on the quality of life everywhere as seven billion people jostle for living space and food. For George Orr, a mild and unremarkable man, the world is overwhelmingly difficult. But George is different: his dreams can change reality - although he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help, directing George to dream a world without racism. But as ambition gets the better of ethics, no one can predict the devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Guin, Ursula K.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465703755960,"sku":"9781473234178","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781473234178.jpg?v=1734735290","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781473234178","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}