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Title details for Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - Available

Tales from Earthsea

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by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Books of Earthsea.

This collection contains the novella "The Finder" and the short stories "The Bones of the Earth," "Darkrose and Diamond," "On the High Marsh," and "Dragonfly." Concluding with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this edition also features two new maps of Earthsea.

With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings—but also unlike anything but themselves—Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. They have received accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.

Join the millions of fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As the Guardian put it: "Ursula Le Guin's world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny islands cast on a vast sea. The islands' names pull at my heart like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . ."

The Books of Earthsea includes:

  • A Wizard of Earthsea
  • The Tombs of Atuan
  • The Farthest Shore
  • Tehanu
  • Tales from Earthsea
  • The Other Wind

    • Creators

    • Series

      Earthsea Cycle

    • Publisher

    • Release date

      May 4, 2001

    • Formats

      • Kindle Book

      • OverDrive Read

        • ISBN: 9780547545554

      • EPUB ebook

        • ISBN: 9780547545554
        • File size: 7779 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Levels

      • ATOS Level: 6.1
      • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
      • Text Difficulty: 4-5

    • Reviews

      • Publisher's Weekly

        Starred review from March 5, 2001

        In this stellar collection, which includes a number of original stories, Le Guin (The Telling; Four Ways to Forgiveness; etc.) makes a triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea. The opening novella, The Finder, set some 300 years before the birth of Ged, the hero of A Wizard of Earthsea
        (1968), details both the origin of the school for wizards on Roke Island and the long-suppressed role that women and women's magic played in the founding of that institution. "The Bones of the Earth" describes Ogion, Ged's first great teacher, when he was a young man, centering on that wizard's loving relationship with his own mentor. "Darkrose and Diamond" is also a love story of sorts, about a young man who'd rather be a musician than a mage and the witch girl he loves. "On the High Marsh," the only story in which Ged himself appears, albeit in a secondary role, is a touching tale of madness and redemption. Finally, in the novella Dragonfly, a tale set immediately after the events related in her Nebula Award–winning novel Tehanu
        (1990), Le Guin tells the story of a young girl who chooses to defy the ban on female mages, tries to enroll in the school on Roke Island and, in doing so, initiates great changes to the world of Earthsea. In her seventies, Le Guin is still at the height of her powers, a superb stylist with a knack for creating characters who are both wise and deeply humane. The publication of this collection is a major event in fantasy literature. (May)FYI:In addition to five Hugo and five Nebula awards, Le Guin has won the Kafka Award, a Pushcart Prize and the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

      • The Horn Book

        January 1, 2013
        Earthsea fans will be drawn to these impressive new editions. Two different publishers have worked together to create a uniform cover design for the series. The paperbacks (and Houghton's hardcovers) contain a map and a new afterword by the author. [cf2]Tombs of Atuan[cf1] was a 1972 Newbery Honor book; [cf2]Farthest Shore[cf1] won the National Book Award; [cf2]Tehanu[cf1] received a Nebula Award.

        (Copyright 2013 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

    Formats

    • Kindle Book
    • OverDrive Read
    • EPUB ebook

    subjects

    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:6.1
    • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty:4-5

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