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Consider reading some of Le Guin’s novels, including The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed.
Consider pairing Le Guin’s stories with other science fiction short story collections like The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu and Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson.
Consider reading other women sci-fi/fantasy authors like Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), N.K. Jemisin (The Fifth Season), Octavia Butler (Kindred), and Suzette Haden Elgin (Native Tongue).
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The Question and Answer section for Ursula Le Guin: Short Stories is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
One of the literary devices used in "The Wife's Story" is foreshadowing.
"It was the moon, that's what they say. It's the moon's fault, and the blood."
This hints to the reader that we might be dealing with werewolves.
I think the mood is suspenseful and mythic.
What is your particular question here?
