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Changing Planes

Stories

By Ursula K. Le Guin

(10)

| Hardcover | 9780151009718

Book Description

"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 Planes

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"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 Planes

The 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

3 Reviews

  • aaah! AMO questo libro! Uno dei più belli che abbia mai letto. Come al solito per la Le Guina, bisogna riuscire a sopportare un libro del tutto privo di trama per leggerlo, ma il lato positivo è che qui non ci prova neanche ad averne una: si limita a presentare una serie di ambientazioni. Passa da a ... (continue)

    aaah! AMO questo libro! Uno dei più belli che abbia mai letto. Come al solito per la Le Guina, bisogna riuscire a sopportare un libro del tutto privo di trama per leggerlo, ma il lato positivo è che qui non ci prova neanche ad averne una: si limita a presentare una serie di ambientazioni. Passa da alcune che mi hanno fatto sinceramente ridere moltissimo, ad alcune che riesci solo a dire "che belle", ad altre che ho trovato veramente agghiaccianti :S. Voto: 10+.

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    ― Selerian Alastre said on May 13, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • 7/10

    The journey theme is depicted in a series of adventures, of places visited by the main character. Each short story - each “plane” - is characterized by a basic idea, either original or not, but always developed in a systematic and brilliant way; the reading is smooth. A book that skips easily from c ... (continue)

    The journey theme is depicted in a series of adventures, of places visited by the main character. Each short story - each “plane” - is characterized by a basic idea, either original or not, but always developed in a systematic and brilliant way; the reading is smooth. A book that skips easily from comic to tragic, but doesn’t lose its shine. The only thing I didn’t like was the breaking of the narrative pact in the first chapter: it puzzled me very much.
    (I’m sorry for my horrible English ;P)

    Il tema del viaggio declinato in una serie di avventure, di posti che la protagonista visita. Ciascuno dei racconti - dei pianeti - presenta una singola idea fondante, più o meno originale ma sempre sviluppata in modo organico e brillante; la lettura è veloce, l’inglese è molto semplice. Un libro che passa con disinvoltura da toni comici a toni tragici, senza per questo perdere smalto. Unica nota negativa: la rottura del patto narrativo nel primo capitolo mi ha disorientata non poco.

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    ― Werehare said on May 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I think this would be of more interest to someone particularly interested in anthropology. And fantasy. Basically, this is a book of brief studies of the people of various worlds in a universe full of other worlds.

    The only story I was particularly interested by was "The Nna Mmoy Language," w ... (continue)

    I think this would be of more interest to someone particularly interested in anthropology. And fantasy. Basically, this is a book of brief studies of the people of various worlds in a universe full of other worlds.

    The only story I was particularly interested by was "The Nna Mmoy Language," which described a a bizarre, but fascinating language that I think anyone interested in linguistics would be interested by.

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    ― Hold Your Spin said on Dec 2, 2006 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 256 Pages
  • Edition: 1st ed
  • ISBN-10: 0151009716
  • ISBN-13: 9780151009718
  • Publisher: Harcourt
  • Pub date: Jul 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 19 cm x 15 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
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