The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness, which quickly became one of the classics of its genre by winning the two most important awards of "Science Fiction", Hugo and Nebula, takes place on a planet called Winter, which is very similar to our world. This planet has a semi-polar climate even during the hottest times of the year, and all its inhabitants are hermaphrodites (androgynous). On this planet, where sexual identity is not used as a means of status or power, people become male or female at a certain time of the year, depending on their current hormonal status. So much so that a mother who has given birth to several children can later become the father of other children. The "gap" between "friendship" and "lovership" has become meaningless; The tendency towards dualism that determines human thought has decreased; The foundations that form the dichotomies of humanity such as strong/weak, protector/protected, ruler/dominated, owner/owned... and so on seem to have weakened. Winter is a planet where ignorance, present and existence are more popular than progress.

One day, a male messenger from space comes to Kis and talks about a union of planets that he wants them to join... With the arrival of the messenger, the relationships and contradictions between local and foreign, male and female, similarity and dissimilarity, part and whole, begin to find their counterparts in people and begin to be experienced. ...

For those who still love to dream that push their mental capacity...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 304

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Details Publications

Number of Pages: 304

First Printing Year: 2013

Language Turkish