yeah i loved the folklore chapters and how they're relevant to the story. For instance the last one, where you learn that to Gethenians 'shadow' is used basically the same as 'soul'-you realize the extra religious/cultural significance the place on the ice-sheet with no shadows must have had for estraven in the last chapter
el_cnid_antes_chuck t1_j2dohq4 wrote
Reply to Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", fourth novel of the Hainish Cycle. by i-the-muso-1968
yeah i loved the folklore chapters and how they're relevant to the story. For instance the last one, where you learn that to Gethenians 'shadow' is used basically the same as 'soul'-you realize the extra religious/cultural significance the place on the ice-sheet with no shadows must have had for estraven in the last chapter