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Changing planes / Ursula K. Le Guin ; illustrated by Eric Beddows.
Van Pelt Library PS3562.E42 C48 2003
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Imaginary societies.
- Voyages, Imaginary.
- Genre:
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Voyages, Imaginary.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Orlando : Harcourt, [2003]
- Summary:
- "Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable."--from "Changing PlanesThe misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes--not airplanes but planes of existence. Ursula Le Guin's deadpan premise frames a series of travel accounts by the tourist-narrator who describes bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own, and sometimes open puzzling doors into the alien. Winner of the PEN/Malamud for Short Stories
- Contents:
- Sita Dulip's method
- Porridge on Islac
- The silence of the Asonu
- Feeling at home with the Hennebet
- The ire of the Veksi
- Seasons of the Ansarac
- Social dreaming of the Frin
- The royals of Hegn
- Woeful tales from Mahigul
- Great Joy
- Wake Island
- The Nna Mmoy language
- The Building
- The fliers of Gy
- The Island of the Immortals
- Confusions of Uñi.
- ISBN:
- 0151009716
- OCLC:
- 50643645
- Online:
- Publisher description
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