{"product_id":"book-ixlo","title":"Five Ways to Forgiveness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA companion to Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning Hainish Novels-including \u003cem\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eFive Ways to Forgiveness\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of the planet Werel and its colony planet Yeowe, and how their societies are shaped by the legacies of slavery and revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWhen the enslaved people on Yeowe rebel and overthrow the slave-owning class, the owners on neighboring Werel launch a war to preserve the master-slave society that undergirds the economy of both planets. Told from the perspectives of those caught in the crosshairs of this struggle-a retired schoolteacher, an off-world ambassador, an enslaved woman, and a historian-the stories in this collection are linked by a mysterious figure called Old Music, an ambassador who is secretly working as an abolitionist and supporter of Yeowe's liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eFirst published in 1994 as \u003cem\u003eFour Ways to Forgiveness\u003c\/em\u003e, this is the first standalone edition that includes the fifth story, \"Old Music and the Slave Women,\" that Le Guin wrote years after to augment this extraordinary, vital suite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49423662776624,"sku":"BDixlo","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":66694067618096,"sku":"ZEixlo","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":66694067650864,"sku":"ZMixlo","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ixlo-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777337296","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ixlo","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}