Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Tales from Earthsea

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Unabridged: 12 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/16/2016


Synopsis

The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." (Neil Gaiman)

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." It concludes with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic.

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 … "

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality, and ethnography.

Ursula has influenced such Booker Prize winners and other writers as Salman Rushdie and David Mitchell-and notable science fiction and fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks. She has won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, each more than once. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She has resided in Portland, Oregon since 1959.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anthony on August 04, 2022

I am once again awestruck by the beauty, wisdom, humor, grace, and rough-hewn truth that emanates from every page I’ve read of the late, great Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea Cycle. She was a monumental gift to the world, and we would all do well to pay attention to what the stories in this cycle have......more

Goodreads review by Zala on November 03, 2024

I definitely read this at the wrong time. I couldn't focus and immerse myself in these stories, so part of the blame goes to me for not being in a fantasy mood. But part of it is their own fault since most of them read like great story ideas that were never fleshed out. The Finder - enjoyed this one......more