Gifts
$22.50
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2005
Summary
Orrec, the son of the Brantor of Caspromant, and Gry, daughter of the Brantors of Barre and Rodd, have grown up together, running half-wild across the Uplands. The people there are like their land: harsh and fierce and prideful; ever at war with each other.
Only the gifts keep the fragile peace. The Barre gift is calling animals. The women of Cordemant have the power of blinding, or making deaf, or taking away speech. The Rodds can send a spellknife into a man’s heart. The Callems can…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781842554982 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1842554980 |
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2005 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 131mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Chronicles of the Western Shore |
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Critics Review
Ursual Le Guin by be almost 80 but she’s shwoing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters… Gifts has the simplicity of fairy tale and the power of myth. - THE GUARDIAN - Eric Brown
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Le Guin has won many Nebula and Hugo Awards, as well as a National Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Newbery Honor and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. Her EARTHSEA books are classics.
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