La Main gauche de la nuit

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Ursula K. Le Guin: La Main gauche de la nuit (French language, 1971, Éditions Robert Laffont)

317 pages

French language

Published Nov. 3, 1971 by Éditions Robert Laffont.

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978-2-266-01463-2
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