The Winds Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Winds Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Stories

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrator: Amy Landon, Grover Gardner, Will Watt

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/26/2021

Synopsis

“Splendidly intricate and hugely imaginative tales.” —Newsweek The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future.Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.The stories included in the collection are:Semley's NecklaceApril in ParisThe MastersDarkness BoxThe Word of UnbindingThe Rule of NamesWinter's KingThe Good TripNine LivesThingsA Trip to the HeadVaster than Empires and More SlowThe Stars BelowThe Field of VisionDirection of the RoadThe Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasThe Day Before the Revolution

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters. Her body of work includes twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award, along with a PEN/Malamud Award and many other accolades. In 2016 she joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on July 21, 2017

This collection of stories is a chronological assortment of published work during the first ten years of Le Guin in publication; it is hard to believe she wasn't published until 32, but her enormous talent makes one feel like all those years leading up to the first story were spent in a literary chr......more

Goodreads review by Jr on February 24, 2017

Short stories 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' and 'The Day Before the Revolution' elevate this collection of what is already an impeccable achievement of intelligent imagination, to a work of immense wisdom.......more

Goodreads review by Werner on March 11, 2019

Note, March 11, 2019: I've just edited this review to correct two minor typos. The 17 stories collected here all appeared (in a couple of cases, under different titles) in various magazines, mostly geared to SF or speculative fiction, from 1960 to 1974. So chronologically, they directly precede those......more

Goodreads review by Garden Reads on November 11, 2022

3,5 estrellas en realidad. Libro de relatos de Úrsula K. Le Guin que pese a tener una buena pluma me ha dejado un tanto indiferente. Acá tenemos una colección de 18 relatos que a la autora le sirvieron de base para novelas posteriores las cuales abarcan toda una década de trabajo. Tras leer algo del m......more

Goodreads review by Beatriz on January 31, 2021

A pesar de que Ursula K. Le Guin es una de mis escritoras favoritas de ciencia ficción, los cuentos de esta antología me han dejado más bien fría e imagino que por eso es que he tardado tanto en terminarla. Creo que se debe a que al ser relatos tan cortos (17 en total para 340 páginas), Le Guin no al......more

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