- Paperback: 198 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006105609X
- ISBN-13: 978-0061056093
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,265,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The savage, lawless prison world is called Victoria. The arriving exiles, sworn to nonviolence, are called the People of the Peace. Brutalized and dominated by the City criminals, the People would have broken vows and shed blood if not for one bold young woman. Her name is Luz, and she leaves her City father to lead the People on a perilous quest to discover a world of hope within this world of chaos...a place they will call Heron.
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Le Guin revisits the territory of her earlier classic The Dispossessed as she sets up and examines two alternative societies - the City - hierarchical and authoritarian - and the Town - anarchist, communal and non-violent. It's a slighter book but still beautifully written and imagined. The open ending might disappoint some but that is her point - no neat and tidy happy ever afters.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A good novel, but not Le Guin's best
30 Aug 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The Eye of the Heron chronicles the inhabitants of the planet Victoria, originally a prison colony of Earth. However, 'The People of Peace,' who led a non-violent movement against the great wars of Earth, were also sent to the planet be the government of a great nation. When the novel begins, the people of the prison colony enjoy great comforts in town, disdaining the People of Peace, who do their farming.
Those who live outside the city grow tired of this poor exchange, and want to go found a new city, with no oppression. The novel explores the struggle to do this, as the non-violent people question their own ideals.
This book has beautiful moments, and the characters are well-conceived. However, it lacks the depth of some of Le Guin's other novels like The Dispossesd and The Left Hand of Darkness. It is an enjoyable read, but in the end it is lighthearted rather than than deep and pondering.
Those who live outside the city grow tired of this poor exchange, and want to go found a new city, with no oppression. The novel explores the struggle to do this, as the non-violent people question their own ideals.
This book has beautiful moments, and the characters are well-conceived. However, it lacks the depth of some of Le Guin's other novels like The Dispossesd and The Left Hand of Darkness. It is an enjoyable read, but in the end it is lighthearted rather than than deep and pondering.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A well-written novel... and a thoughtful look at nonviolence
8 Dec 1998
Format:Paperback
While this novel may not rise to the level of her very best work, prose-wise, it nonetheless is well-written--and its explorations of nonviolence, its challenges and the ways in which it can both succeed and fail, were highly influential on me, and have had a long term effect on how I view conflict. This one is well worth reading, and is as worthy of Le Guin's name as any of her better-known works.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Minor LeGuin
31 July 2010
Format:Hardcover
Written, I suspect, for a juvenile audience, The Eye of the Heron deals with many of LeGuin's favorite themes. Violence versus pacifism, hierarchy versus democracy, partriarchy versus feminism, and exile all figure in this novel. This book does not, however, have the depth or quality of writing of her best books. The plot is a bit mechanical and predictable, the characterization is a bit thin, and the quality of writing is good as opposed to outstanding. This book isn't at the level of The Lathe of Heaven or The Word for World is Forest, let alone The Dispossessed or The Left Hand of Darkness. As a juvenile book, this isn't at the level of the best Earthsea books.
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