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Direction of the Road


A Literary Fiction Short Story


Book 2 of the The Wind's Twelve Quarters Series

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From a National Book award winner, a speculative short story exploring the human impact on the environment from the perspective of a tree.

"Direction of the Road" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters. Inspired by a tree in the real world, Le Guin imbues the tree with consciousness, providing a philosophical commentary on the fraught relationship between humanity and nature.

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