A Wizard of Earthsea
$21.25
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2027
Summary
Introduced by R.F. Kuang
‘One of the major works of fantasy in this century’ Observer
This is a tale of wizards, dragons and shadows, played out in a world like and unlike our own, an Archipelago of imagined lands.
When a young goatherd on the island of Gont uncovers his strange powers over nature, he is sent to the School for Wizards to learn the true way of magic. But as the boy’s power grows, so does his arrogance. Tempted by pride to perfo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405996600 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405996609 |
| Author: | Ursula Le Guin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2027 |
| Weight: | 133g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Thrilling, wise and beautiful… Every word is perfect, like the spells Ged has to master * Guardian *
I adored A Wizard of Earthsea, which I read and reread until my ratty old paperback copy required emergency surgery. Le Guin’s words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it – David Mitchell
One of the literary greats of the 20th century – Margaret Atwood
Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself – Zadie Smith
One of the major works of fantasy in this century * Observer *
A literary icon – Stephen King
A colossus of literature, a trailblazer – China Mieville
Ursula Le Guin
Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929, daughter of the writer Theodora Kroeber and the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber. Her published work includes twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, three collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation.
Among her novels are The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, both winners of the Nebula and Hugo awards, Always Coming Home, winner of the 1985 Kafka Award, and Four Ways to Forgiveness. In 2009 she won her sixth Nebula award for Powers. She died in January 2018 aged 88.
The first volume of the Earthsea books, A Wizard of Earthsea, was published in 1971. The Earthsea books have been translated into many languages around the world and are global bestsellers.
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