The Beginning Place
$27.04
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
Magical … lyrical … an uncommonly graceful fantasy romance - Time Magazine
One of the literary greats of the twentieth century - Margaret Atwood
Fleeing from the monotony of his life in the US suburbs, Hugh Rogers stumbles into ‘the beginning place’ - a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight, where time flows more slowly than in the outside world.
Irena Pannis was a teenager when she first fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399637695 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 139963769X |
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Magical … lyrical … an uncommonly graceful fantasy romance * Time Magazine *
One of the literary greats of the twentieth century – Margaret Atwood
Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own * Boston Globe *
A literary icon – Stephen King
A crafter of fierce, focused, fertile dreams – David Mitchell
Queen of the realm of fantasy * Washington Post *
What she really does is write fables: splendidly intricate and hugely imaginative tales about such mundane concerns as life, death, love, and sex * Newsweek *
Her worlds are haunting psychological visions moulded with firm artistry * Library Journal *
Her characters are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy grace * Time *
Magical … lyrical … an uncommonly graceful fantasy romance * Time Magazine *
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA’s Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.
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