Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

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Zusammenfassung

The highly acclaimed collection of Earthsea short stories NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

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Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

'One of the most deeply influential of all 20th century fantasy texts' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY 'She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters' GUARDIAN 'I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin' Roddy Doyle These five superlative, evocative and enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind, and feature some of Le Guin's most popular characters, including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthsea's history and people. No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection.
One of the most deeply influential of all 20th century fantasy texts * THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY *
Le Guin makes a triumphant return.. the publication of this collection is a major event in fantasy literature * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea have attained undisputed classic status; and her recent series, the Annals of the Western Shore, has won her the PEN Center USA Children's literature award and the Nebula Award for best novel. In 2014 Ursula Le Guin was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lived in Portland, Oregon, until she passed away in January 2018.

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ISBN 13 9781842552148
ISBN 10 1842552147
Titel Tales from Earthsea
Autor Ursula K Le Guin
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Orion Publishing Co
Erscheinungsjahr 2003-11-03
Seitenanzahl 320
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