- Paperback: 314 pages
- Publisher: Ace Books; Reprint edition (May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0441009328
- ISBN-13: 978-0441009329
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,372,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The tales of this book, as Ursula K. Le Guin writes in her introduction, explore or extend the world established by her first four Earthsea novels. Yet each stands on its own.
"The Finder," a novella set a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea, presents a dark and troubled Archipelago and shows how some of its customs and institutions came to be. "The Bones of the Earth" features the wizards who taught the wizard who first taught Ged and demonstrates how humility, if great enough, can contend with an earthquake. "Darkrose and Diamond" is a delightful story of young courtship showing that wizards sometimes pursue alternative careers. "On the High Marsh" tells of the love of power-and of the power of love. "Dragonfly" shows how a determined woman can break the glass ceiling of male magedom.
Concluding with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this collection also features two new maps of Earthsea.
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"The Finder," a novella set a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea, presents a dark and troubled Archipelago and shows how some of its customs and institutions came to be. "The Bones of the Earth" features the wizards who taught the wizard who first taught Ged and demonstrates how humility, if great enough, can contend with an earthquake. "Darkrose and Diamond" is a delightful story of young courtship showing that wizards sometimes pursue alternative careers. "On the High Marsh" tells of the love of power-and of the power of love. "Dragonfly" shows how a determined woman can break the glass ceiling of male magedom.
Concluding with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this collection also features two new maps of Earthsea.
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AT THE END OF the fourth book of Earthsea, Tehanu, the story had arrived at what I felt to be now. Read the first page
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This collection of short stories reasserts LeGuin's brilliance as a fantasy writer. The five stories provide more of the historical background of Earthsea rather than continuing the narrative saga of the earlier four books.
It's interesting that Le Guin is clearly asserting a much stronger feminist slant in this book than in her previous Earthsea books, which strongly sets her books apart from many others in this genre.
My only complaint is that the book is not longer (at 296 pages?!) , as I read it at one sitting, and most of the stories could well have formed the basis of separate books in their own right.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has enjoyed the Earthsea trilogy (which should definitely be read before this book).
I eagerly await her next book.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a collection of five short stories that Ursula Le Guin wrote about her world, Earthsea. "The Finder" is the earliest set story, showing the founding of the wizard community on Roke. "Darkrose and Diamond" that could have happened just about anywhere during the Earthsea books, and it is a tale of the love of magic, and the magic of love. "The Bones of the Earth" tells how Ogion (Ged's master) stopped an earthquake. "On the High Marsh" tells of Ged and Irioth, who nearly overthrew the wizards of Roke. And finally, "Dragonfly" tells of Irian, who featured so large in The Other Wind, and her confrontation with Thorion, the Summoner who summoned himself back from death.
I really enjoyed these stories. As with so much of Ursula Le Guin's writings, they are enjoyable and yet compelling. In particular, though, I am sorry that I read this book after The Other Wind. The last two stories are actually referenced in that book, and it would have been nice to read them before that book. Therefore, let me recommend this book to you, and furthermore recommend that you read it *before* The Other Wind.
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