{"product_id":"the-birthday-of-the-world-and-other-stories-9780060509064","title":"The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, five Hugo Awards and five Nebula Awards, the renowned writer Ursula K. Le Guin has, in each story and novel, created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in \u003cem\u003eThe Birthday of the World, \u003c\/em\u003e this gifted artist returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Guin, Ursula K.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eUrsula Kroeber Le Guin was born in 1929 in Berkeley, and lives in Portland, Oregon. As of 2014, she has published twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry, and four of translation, and has received many honors and awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, and PEN\/Malamud. Her most recent publications are \u003cem\u003eFinding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608950608146,"sku":"9780060509064","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_afc267ce-5e86-4275-9a73-6a8cdc0523df.jpg?v=1732327328","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-birthday-of-the-world-and-other-stories-9780060509064","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}