This whimsical paperback boxed set includes: Le Guin’s classic series follows the winged feline siblings across four big adventures: finding a new home in the country, returning to the city to visit their mother, befriending a wonderful orange cat, and following the youngest sibling’s foray into the world on her own. But once the kittens escape, they learn that country life comes with its own difficulties-just as they learn that help and friendship can be found in even the most unlikely places. Whatever the reason, she’s grateful they can use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous, busy city where they were born. Jane Tabby can’t explain why her four kittens-Thelma, Roger, James, and Harriet-were born with wings.

Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series-all four books now together in a paperback boxed set with a new look! The Hainish Cycle reflects the anthropologist's experience of immersing themselves in new strange cultures since most of their main characters and narrators (Le Guin favoured the first-person narration) are envoys from a humanitarian organization, the Ekumen, sent to investigate or ally themselves with the people of a different world and learn their ways.A litter of winged kittens flee the city and have charming adventures in legendary author Ursula K. Her interest in non-Western philosophies was reflected in works such as 'Solitude' and The Telling but even more interesting are her imagined societies, often mixing traits extracted from her profound knowledge of anthropology acquired from growing up with her father, the famous anthropologist, Alfred Kroeber. She was known for her treatment of gender ( The Left Hand of Darkness, The Matter of Seggri), political systems ( The Telling, The Dispossessed) and difference/otherness in any other form. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, an essay collection, Cheek by Jowl, and The Wild Girls. Le Guin published twenty-two 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 awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc.

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