Ursula K. Le Guin 
Five Ways to Forgiveness [EPUB ebook] 

When the slaves on the colony Yeowe (called ‘assets’) overthrow the slave-holding class (called ‘owners’), the owners on neighboring Werel launch a war to preserve the master-slave society that undergirds the economy of both planets. Told from the perspectives of people caught in the crosshairs of the struggle, the stories in this collection are linked by the character ‘Old Music, ‘ an Ekumen ambassador who is secretly working as an abolitionist and supporter of Yeowe’s emancipation. Together they ask:
What does forgiveness look like in a world riddled by racism and caste?



In ‘Betrayals, ‘ a disgraced revolutionary leader makes peace with his past. In the intersectional ‘Forgiveness Day, ‘ a female ambassador from the Ekumen struggles with the patriarchal culture of Werel, while ‘A Man of the People’ tells the life story of a male Ekumen ambassador to Yeowe. ‘A Woman’s Liberation’ tells the story of a woman who, after escaping to freedom, must reckon with the internalized racism that still enchains her. And finally, the story ‘Old Music and the Slave Women’ braids the collection together and counts the cost of justice.

 

Circa l’autore

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929. She was the bestselling author of the Earthsea books and the Hainish books, including The Left Hand of Darkness, which was awarded both the Nebula and the Hugo awards. With the awarding of the 1975 Hugo and Nebula awards to The Dispossessed, she became the first author to win both awards twice for novels. She passed away in 2018.