The Wave in the Mind, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wave in the Mind, Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Wave in the Mind
Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/20/2018

Synopsis

Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women’s shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she offers a diverse and highly engaging set of readings.
The Wave in the Mind includes some of Le Guin’s finest literary criticism, rare autobiographical writings, performance art pieces, and, most centrally, her reflections on the arts of writing and reading.

"What a pleasure it is to roam around in Le Guin's spacious, playful mind. And what a joy to read her taut, elegant prose."—Erica Jong

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 Magrat on May 31, 2020

Este libro contiene diferentes conferencias y artículos de Ursula K. Le Guin revisados por ella misma (y muchas veces ampliados) para aparecer en este volumen. Llevo un mes saboreando cada uno de los artículos, ojalá este libro tuviera mil páginas y no 400. Aquí Le Guin nos habla de su experiencia co......more

Goodreads review by Garnette on April 09, 2010

Recently I’ve been working on a novel, wrote like the wind for two weeks. Then it stopped. Busy-ness interfered. This morning, to break the block, I lay on the couch at nine a.m. something I do not allow myself to do on a bright spring workday full of energy and ideas. Determined to do nothing unles......more

Goodreads review by Φώτης on February 23, 2021

1η δημοσίευση, Book Press: [URL not allowed] Ας μιλήσουμε λίγο για τη φαντασία, τη δημιουργική φαντασία: το primum mobile και τη Μεγάλη Πορεία που οδηγεί στη μοναδική άξια λόγου ουτοπία, εκείνη του έργου τέχνης. Η τέχνη, έχει πολλάκις ειπωθεί, δεν είναι αναπαράσταση, δεν είναι α......more

Goodreads review by Eleazar on March 02, 2018

Para mí Contar es escuchar ha sido como si una voz familiar y lejana te contara cosas que ya sentías pero que no sabías explicar, que no sabías expresar en palabras, al mismo tiempo que te pone la mano en el hombro como diciendo: "¡No estás sola! A mí también se me da mejor pensar escribiendo y no h......more

Goodreads review by Ignacio on March 17, 2018

Es un poco frustrante que hayamos tenido que esperar hasta 2018 para acceder a uno de los libros de ensayos de Ursula K. Le Guin. Entrar en contacto con su forma de ver la literatura y varios aspectos de su vida directamente sin necesidad de tener que ponerse a elucubrar a partir de su ficción. Y pu......more

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