Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Puffin Books) - Softcover

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140348026 ISBN 13: 9780140348026

Publisher: Puffin, 1992

Synopsis

It is a time of growing evil and the perversion of magic. Power hangs in the balance, and uncertainty and fear are widespread, as magi and king alike seek a woman of Gont to show them the way forward. Tenar, erstwhile Priestess of Atuan, cares for Therru, a young girl who has been abused.

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Review

Ursula K. LeGuin follows her classic trilogy from Earthsea with a magical tale that won the 1991 Nebula Award for Science Fiction. Unlike the tales in the trilogy, this novel is short and concise, yet it is by no means simplistic. Promoted as a children's book because of the awards garnered in that category by her previous work, Tehanu transcends classification and shows the wizardry of female magic. The story involves a middle-age widow who sets out to visit her dying mentor and eventually cares for his favourite student.

From the Inside Flap

high fantasy, Ursula K. Le Guin's  three previous Earthsea novels--A W izard Of  Earthsea, The Tombs Of  Atuan, and The Farthest Shore--have been compared  with J.R.R. Tolkien's  The Lord of the Rings and C.S Lewis'  Narnia stories as being among the  genre's greatest creations. Now the fourth and  final volume, Tehanu, brings to a  conclusion the remarkable Earthsea cycle with a  revelation of wisdom, wonder, and literary wizardry.  Once she'd been a priestess, quest-companion to a  powerful mage, a student of high magic. Then she  gave it all up to be a farmer's wife on Gont,  content to lead a simple life. But Tenar was not born  to live her days in peace, away from great events.  A dying wizard and an abused child were the first  to call her back to the

Edition details

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0140348026
• ISBN 13: 9780140348026
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208