The Word for World is Forest : The Best of the SF Masterworks by Ursula K. Le Guin Art It explores a future history

It explores a future history of Earth and pacifistic ideals in its depictions of violence

Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace

and translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood

Katje performs a feat of extraordinary courage that makes her forever welcome in the house

Now the real training begins

The Word for World is Forest : The Best of the SF Masterworks by Ursula K. Le Guin Art It explores a future historyA world of peaceful aliens conquered by bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. In defending their lives, they endanger the very foundations of their society. Every blow against the invaders is a blow to the core of Athsheans'