{"product_id":"the-lathe-of-heaven-9781473234178","title":"The Lathe Of Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Ursula Le Guin was able to reimagine many concepts we take to be natural, shared, and unalterable - gender, utopia, creation, war, family, the city, the country - and reveal the all-too-human constructions at their centre ... Literature will miss her. There's no one like her' Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his dreams, George Orr can make alternate realities real - but who is controlling him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar rages and global warming wreaks havoc on the quality of life everywhere as seven billion people jostle for living space and food. For George Orr, a mild and unremarkable man, the world is overwhelmingly difficult. But George is different: his dreams can change reality - although he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help, directing George to dream a world without racism. But as ambition gets the better of ethics, no one can predict the devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScience fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 Oct 2021 by Orion Publishing Co.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ursula K. Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320597193082,"sku":"9781473234178","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781473234178.jpg?v=1790658778","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lathe-of-heaven-9781473234178","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}