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Ursula K. Le Guin's inventive novel portrays the clash of two divergent civilizations: the anarchist, communitarian Annaresti and the capitalist Urrasti. But the real division emerges between individual characters: those who want to produce and create and those who want to ride their coattails. The Dispossessed is a fascinating look at different methods of ordering a society combined with a compelling human interest story in the person of the protagonist Shevek. For me, the climactic confrontati
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