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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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Originally published October 1973
Authors Ursula K. Le Guin
Country United States
GenresScience Fiction
Philosophical Fiction
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About The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas


"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a 1973 work of short philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.

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