Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin
An exceptional combination of history and mythology - 'an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel' FINANCIAL TIMES
Subtly moving, playful..a novel that brought me to tears more than once. Lavinia is a delightful heroine * GUARDIAN *
The focus on the women's side of the house...serves to give them rightful prominence within the fabric of a society where men are second in command only to fate...Le Guin [makes] mythology tangible, exciting and a surprising joy to read * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
A superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel * CATHOLIC HERALD *
Compulsively readable...a winning combination of history and mythology featuring an unlikely heroine imaginatively plucked from literary obscurity * BOOKLIST *
Elegant and eloquent * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
Beautiful and moving...Highly recommended * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
An intriguing, luxuriously realised novel * FINANCIAL TIMES *
a superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel * CATHOLIC HERALD *
The focus on the women's side of the house...serves to give them rightful prominence within the fabric of a society where men are second in command only to fate...Le Guin [makes] mythology tangible, exciting and a surprising joy to read * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
A superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel * CATHOLIC HERALD *
Compulsively readable...a winning combination of history and mythology featuring an unlikely heroine imaginatively plucked from literary obscurity * BOOKLIST *
Elegant and eloquent * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
Beautiful and moving...Highly recommended * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
An intriguing, luxuriously realised novel * FINANCIAL TIMES *
a superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel * CATHOLIC HERALD *
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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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780753827840 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753827840 |
| Title | Lavinia |
| Author | Ursula K Le Guin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2010-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award 2010 |
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