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The Farthest Shore

by Ursula K Le Guin

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ISBN13: 9780689845345
ISBN10: 0689845340
Condition: Standard
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DARKNESS THREATENS to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged — powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord — embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.

With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Written by award-winning fantasy writer LeGuin, this book is the second in the Earthsea Cycle trilogy. A mature Sparrowhawk goes on a sailing journey to find the caue of evil disturbances in the world of Earthsea. Winner of the National Book Award.

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The second book in LeGuin's fantasy series finds a mature Sparrowhawk sailing on a journey to find the cause of the evil disturbances in the world of Earthsea. Winner of the National Book Award.
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Katherine Stuart, April 19, 2009 (view all comments by Katherine Stuart)
I know Le Guin's written more Earthsea books, but I really enjoy the trilogy -- the way it's constructed. This last book is a beautiful closing. The last great act of a great man. His life nicely progressed with the first book being about his coming into his power and his realization of the responsibility such power brings, the price such power costs. The second book an interlude where he goes on a foolish quest that nearly kills him. Then there's this last quest because bringing peace to his world isn't enough.

This quest forges the next leader -- a teenage boy -- into the leader he has to be.

Our hero uses himself up in this last great act. He has no power left. He returns home finishing his life with the same simplicity with which it began. It's sad, but in its own way it's also comforting and sweet.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689845345
Author:
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Publisher:
Simon Pulse
Author:
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Author:
Guin, Ursula K. Le
Location:
New York
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy
Subject:
Fantastic fiction
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
Subject:
Magic
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Visionary & Metaphysics
Subject:
Fantasy & Magic
Subject:
Wizards
Copyright:
2001
Edition Description:
B101
Series:
Earthsea Cycle
Series Volume:
RP-599
Publication Date:
September 2001
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
Young adult
Language:
English
Pages:
259
Dimensions:
7.01x4.20x.70 in. .31 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17
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