Sadik
Sadik is Shevek and Takver’s older daughter.
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Spoiler-freeSadik is Shevek and Takver’s older daughter. Her childhood is shaped by the famine, her parents’ work assignments, and later the hostility directed at the Syndicate of Initiative. She is old enough to understand that her father’s work has made the family controversial. Sadik remains with Takver on Anarres when Shevek leaves and is alive at the end. Her future after his return is not narrated.
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