![]() ![]() ![]() The main thread is basically a coming of age story about a young woman that follows a very traditional narrative structure, but it is broken up into sections, with other pieces interspersed. "Always Coming Home" is also stylistic very different from "Dispossessed." Whereas the latter was a traditional narrative, coherent, complete and closed, "Always Coming Home" is a story, or a picture, constructed from a number of different threads. "Always Coming Home" has a Native American inspired matriarchal society on a (presumably) post-apocalyptic Earth. "The Dispossessed" has space ships and anarchism. ![]() "Dispossessed" and "Always Coming Home" share a powerful engagement with the notion of utopia, and with the social issues informing the radical movements of the time in which they were published. Anyone who has spent much time in Northern California will recognize the physical landscape of "Always Coming Home."Īnyone who has read other books by Le Guin, in particular the truly superb "The Dispossessed," will recognize the intellectual and emotional landscape. ![]()
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