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Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka--the Corporation--is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and calligraphy are outlawed, and those caught trying to keep any part of the past alive are punished and then reeducated. Frustrated in her attempts to study the linguistics and literature of Aka's cultural past, Sutty is sent upriver to the backwoods town of Okzat-Ozkat. Here she is slowly charmed by the old-world mountain people, whose still waters, she gradually realizes, run very deep. But whether their ways constitute a religion, ancient traditions, philosophy, or passive, political resistance, Sutty is not sure. Delving ever deeper into her hosts' culture, Sutty finds herself on a parallel spiritual quest, as well.… (plus d'informations)
I first started this book many years ago after picking it up from a library sale. I thought it was a standalone tale, and it largely is, but it takes place in a universe I knew little about, where other novels and stories had been written that introduced these concepts, peoples, and stories. I was very confused when I tried to read it back then and figured I needed to read the other books that came before it. I was a little like Sutty in this book, trying to figure out a story but not having the right context, so I stopped reading it. But now, I've read the first 4 or 5 Hainish cycle novels and have a feel for the universe now so it was time to tackle this book from the bottom of my TBR pile. In many respects it is very similar to the other Hainish cycle novels in that first contact always changes the two cultures involved, even if the aliens try to be as uninvolved as possible. Simply being there to observe changes what is being observed. And the native culture now knows that there are whole other worlds beyond their own which changes the trajectory of their development. In this case, the native culture places value on fair compensation for fair goods or services. When an alien culture arrives and starts giving the native culture information, the natives expect to pay for it, even if it doesn't happen right away. This changes the way their society develops and reacts to their previous ways. I enjoy the way that Le Guin wrote characters in the middle of conflicts that they might be ignorant of, and how they learn to adapt to the situation to resolve it. She was a master at the anthropological ramifications of certain types of societies. I really enjoy the Hainish cycle, although it can be a bit too cerebral at times. ( )
While Le Guin's writing is solid and beautiful, this storyline left me feeling like I missed something, there was not the right tension that I expect from this author and the story felt much much longer then it needed to be. There was a solid Taoist/Asian theme that was lovely and felt nostalgic and hopeful, but did not feel authentic as the counterpoint to a story of a fascist government, it seemed to leave me with a lot more social questions. ( )
A quiet successor to The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. The ideas, the analogies, and the gentle people held me more than the plot, but that was just fine. ( )
An inriguing and well written story from LeGuin's Hainish Universe. A bit too much of background but the idea of a philosophy-religion from the stories we tell that in turn bind us rings true. She backed it up by demographics and geology as well. An easy and thoughtful read. ( )
Le jour de ma naissance, je commis ma première erreur, et c'est en suivant cette voie que j'ai depuis recherché la sagesse.
Le Mahaharata
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Premiers mots
De jour, quand Sutty retournait sur Terre, c'était toujours au village.
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Ce ne sont pas des vestiges pittoresques du temps passé. Ils n'ont rien d'inoffensif. Ils sont même dangereux. Ce sont les résidus d'un poison mortel, la drogue qui a abruti mon peuple durant dix mille ans.
Mais, ici, « dieu » est un mot dénué de références. Pas de majuscule. Pas de créateur, juste la création. Pas de père éternel pour récompenser et châtier, justifier l'injustice, ordonner la cruauté, offrir le salut. L'éternité n'est pas un point final, mais bien une continuité. La division primale de l'être en principes matériel et spirituel ? Deux-en-un, l'un sous deux aspects. La Nature et la Surnature à égalité. Pas de paire Ténèbres/Lumière, Mal/Bien, ou Corps/Âme. Pas de vie après la mort, ni de renaissance, ni d'âme immortelle désincarnée. Pas de paradis, pas d'enfer.
Si les gens parmi lesquels elle vivait depuis un an admiraient la mesure, ils méprisaient les privations. Le jeûne demeurait étranger à leur culture, et ils ne voyaient aucune vertu à l'inconfort ou à la pauvreté.
La foi est la bessure que le savoir guérit.
Les animaux n'ont pas de langage. Ils ont leur nature. [...] Nous sommes des animaux sans nature. [...] Il nous faut parler du chemin, y réfléchir, l'étudier, l'apprendre. Nés pour être raisonnables, nous sommes donc ignorants. Vous voyez ? Si personne ne nous enseigne les mots, les idées, nous restons ignorants. [...] Le reste du monde sait ce qu'il a à faire, connaît le Un et la Multitude, l'Arbre et les Feuilles. Tout ce que nous savons, c'est comment apprendre. Comment apprendre, comment parler, comment dire le monde. Si nous ne disons pas le monde, nous ne le connaissons pas. Nous nous y égarons, nous mourons. Mais nous devons le dire bien, le dire dans sa vérité. Pas vrai ?
Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka--the Corporation--is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and calligraphy are outlawed, and those caught trying to keep any part of the past alive are punished and then reeducated. Frustrated in her attempts to study the linguistics and literature of Aka's cultural past, Sutty is sent upriver to the backwoods town of Okzat-Ozkat. Here she is slowly charmed by the old-world mountain people, whose still waters, she gradually realizes, run very deep. But whether their ways constitute a religion, ancient traditions, philosophy, or passive, political resistance, Sutty is not sure. Delving ever deeper into her hosts' culture, Sutty finds herself on a parallel spiritual quest, as well.
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