This is the first book in a new fantasy series, set in medieval Carthage. The protagonist is the intersex Ilario, who is a talented painter from Iberia, but suffers the fate of being an outcast.
When she is 14 years old, Sophie Schmidt learns the truth about her birth, causing her to seek a better understanding of who she really is. She sets out for New York City, where she meets gay, lesbian, and transgender people.
One of the first major works of feminist science fiction, and winner of both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, this novel is the beginning of Le Guin’s loosely connected Hainish series. The series explores the widely disparate social and political structures, as well as a range of biological differences that have developed among the colonized planets of Hain.
A daring, satirical take on gay/lesbian/queer theory/shapeshifting, gender-bending during the 1990s—maybe for all time. Andrea Lawlor will leave readers breathless, laughing, confused and thoughtful.
