Tales from Earthsea - Hardcover

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151005613 ISBN 13: 9780151005611

Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

The tales of this book, as Ursula K. Le Guin writes in her introduction, explore or extend the world established by her first four Earthsea novels. Yet each stands on its own. "The Finder," a novella set a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea, presents a dark and troubled Archipelago and shows how some of its customs and institutions came to be. "The Bones of the Earth" features the wizards who taught the wizard who first taught Ged and demonstrates how humility, if great enough, can contend with an earthquake. "Darkrose and Diamond" is a delightful story of young courtship showing that wizards sometimes pursue alternative careers. "On the High Marsh" tells of the love of power-and of the power of love. "Dragonfly" shows how a determined woman can break the glass ceiling of male magedom. Concluding with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this collection also features two new maps of Earthsea.

About this title

Review:

"She wields her pen with a moral and psychological sophistication rarely seen."-NEWSWEEK "Her characters are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy grace."- TIME

Book Description:

The highly acclaimed first collection of Earthsea short stories

About this edition

• Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0151005613
• ISBN 13: 9780151005611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320