{"product_id":"changing-planes-stories-ursula-k-le-guin-paperback","title":"Changing Planes: Stories -- Ursula K. Le Guin, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Malamud Award for Short Story \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fantastical travel guide, reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the narrator visits fifteen planes and describes the people, language and customs with the eye of an anthropologist and the humor of a satirist.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn these classic \"vivid, entertaining, philosophical dispatches\" \u003c\/strong\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin weaves together influences as wide-reaching as Borges, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels \u003c\/i\u003eto examine feminism, tyranny, mortality and immortality, art, and the meaning--and mystery--of being human.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSita Dulip has missed her flight out of Chicago. But instead of listening to garbled announcements in the airport, she's found a method of bypassing the crowds at the desks, a way to skip the nasty lunch, the whimpering children and punitive parents, and the blue plastic chairs bolted to the floor: she changes planes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChanging planes--not airplanes, of course, but entire planes of existence--enables Sita to visit societies not found on Earth in a series of unforgettable allegorical tales. As \"Sita Dulip's Method\" spreads, the narrator and her acquaintances encounter cultures where the babble of children fades over time into the silence of adults; where whole towns exist solely for holiday shopping; where personalities are ruled by rage; where genetic experiments produce less than desirable results. With \"the eye of an anthropologist and the humor of a satirist\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e), Le Guin takes readers on a truly universal tour in this short story collection, showing through the foreign and alien indelible truths about our own human society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ursula K. Le Guin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9\" H x 5.3\" L x 0.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780358380023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51739779760427,"sku":"9780358380023","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780358380023.jpg?v=1780338363","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/changing-planes-stories-ursula-k-le-guin-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}