The Word for World Is Forest

In "The Word for World is Forest," the Athsheans are treated as the "Other" by the human colonizers, who dehumanize them to justify enslavement and environmental destruction. The Athsheans' physical...

When Lyubov first hears Selver referred to as a god, he is shocked, and immediately seeks to puzzle out what that could mean. Lyubov recalls that the Athshean word sha’ab has a double meaning, as...

The novel draws on both feminist and ecological themes, illustrating the need to change our behavior toward nature in order to save Earth from destruction.