Dancing at the Edge of the World
On sale
4th February 2027
Price: £12.99
‘A trove of delights’ Los Angeles Times Books Review
‘I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind,’ writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has. Here is the record of that change.
Strong, supple, disciplined and playful, ranging over a vast field of concerns from modern literature to menopause, utopian thought to rodeos, this extraordinary collection reveals new sides to a trailblazing and beloved author with an eloquence, wit, and precision that makes for exhilarating reading.
‘One of the literary greats of the twentieth century’ Margaret Atwood
‘I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind,’ writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has. Here is the record of that change.
Strong, supple, disciplined and playful, ranging over a vast field of concerns from modern literature to menopause, utopian thought to rodeos, this extraordinary collection reveals new sides to a trailblazing and beloved author with an eloquence, wit, and precision that makes for exhilarating reading.
‘One of the literary greats of the twentieth century’ Margaret Atwood
Reviews
Le Guin at her best: insightful, funny, sharp, occasionally tendentious and nearly always provocative . . . This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers
Mercurial and eclectic . . . Le Guin's unabashed feminism can be an eye-opener, and much of what she has to say is eminently sensible and often penetrating
Interesting and incisive . . . Le Guin at her best
[Dancing at the Edge of the World], eloquently record[s] Le Guin's responses to ethical and political climates, the transforming effect of certain literary ideas and the changes of a supple, disciplined mind
If you want excess and risk and intelligence . . . try Le Guin. She has the rare ability to attack and praise simultaneously [with] irreverent impartiality
Essential reading for anyone who imagines herself literature and/or socially concerned or who wants to learn what it means to be such
Insightful, impassioned, sometimes lyrical, often funny . . . Dancing at the Edge of the World holds . . . a trove of delights'