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In addition to Bensaïd’s prescient work of political philosophy, The Dispossessed includes new translations of Marx’s original “theft of wood” articles and an introductory essay by Robert Nichols that lucidly contextualizes the ...
A brilliant physicist attempts to salvage his planet of anarchy.
Drawing heavily on Borbély’s memories of his own childhood, The Dispossessed is an extraordinarily realistic novel.
Another fictionalized voyage, involving what Hungarian author Arthur Koestler called “little death boats,” takes place in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Winston, the protagonist of the frighteningly prescient novel, ...
"Excavating Marx's early writings to rethink the rights of the poor and the idea of the commons in an era of unprecedented privatization"--
... judges, and sometimes the citizens deciding between offering asylum protection or protecting the “integrity of the state”—the uprootedness, homelessness, ... The dispossessed, that is, are denied the right to grow and blossom.
The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the...
Profiles a variety of people in Arizona and New Mexico who suffer from environmental illnesses and chemical sensitivity.
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe.
The Dispossessed is a penetrating examination of society and humanity -- and one man's brave undertaking to question the unquestionable and ignite the fires of change.
The Dispossessed: A Novel
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth.
Most of the stories are well-crafted, with precise prose and an often provocative, often compassionate treatment of a wide range of themes.
"This book is proof that today's Latin American literature reaches far and digs deep. Alfredo Molano isn't a novelist or poet, but rather a sociologist who realizes that 'the way...
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle 'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again' THE TIMES 'The book I wish I had written .