CITY OF ILLUSIONS
Ursula Le Guin

I chose this book, firstly, for the name, but then I read the title of “modern women writers” and I knew that I had to read it, for the importance to support those girls who had fought for women’s rights at the time when it was imposible to do something in a woman’s name.

I enjoyed the book because it is a gripping story which happens in a different version of Earth, with people, aliens and some mind-power. The intriguing plot is about the pursuit of the truth about Falk’s origin.
I was surprised by the easy going narration although it was difficult to read because there was plenty of new and different vocabulary. Also the fact that sometimes has heavy-going parts.

I recommend it to the open-minds who like to read about different worlds, different systems, different ways of behaviour. Therefore I recommend the book and the writer to those who like the science fiction genre.

I’ve chosen these words from the book:
“Will those who speak no truth tell me the truth for the asking? And how will I recognize what I seek when I find it?… I cling to the notion, my son, that in you lies some hope for man. I do not like to give up that notion. But only you can seek your own truth; and if it seem to you that your way ends here, then that, perhaps, is the truth.”

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