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Orsinian Tales [Mass Market Paperback]

Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPaperbacks; Reprint edition (April 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061001821
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061001826
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,833,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The universal need for human freedom and love and the horrors of government oppression are recurring themes in this collected short fiction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, poetic read 20 May 2002
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Le Guin's series of stories spanning the chronology of an imaginary central European country from the middle ages to the days of the iron curtain is beautifully written, wonderfully realised, and utterly memorable. Every phrase of le Guin's elegant, measured prose leaves vivid images in the reader's mind. An unfortunately obscure gem.
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A subtle collection of tales set in a fictional country, somewhere in Central Europe (I was reminded in part of Prague in the city descriptions but also Slovenia) and set at different dates throughout history from 1130 to 1965. Political events are alluded to (clearly an authoritarian regime is in place post-WWII) but the emphasis is always on 'ordinary' humans and their extraordinary feelings. Destinies are seized, lost or simply endured. The characters come beautifully to life in Le Guin's limpid prose.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute gem of a book 20 May 2002
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Le Guin's series of stories spanning the chronology of an imaginary central European country from the middle ages to the days of the iron curtain is beautifully written, wonderfully realised, and utterly memorable. Every phrase of le Guin's elegant, measured prose leaves vivid images in the reader's mind...
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