four ways to forgiveness is a collection of four short stories and novellas by american writer ursula k. le guin. all four stories happen in the future. they are stories from the planets yeowe and werel. both planets are members of the ekumen. the group of ekumen planets is the background for many novels and short stories in le guin's hainish cycle. in 2017 it was reissued as an e-book, augmented with a fifth related story by le guin, as five ways to forgiveness.