Earthsea: The First Four Books
A Wizard of Earthsea; the Tombs of Atuan; the Farthest Shore; Tehanu
$27.85
- Paperback
912 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2016
Summary
One of the greatest fantasy sequences of our time from an inspirational author.
A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the work of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the Earthsea books follow the fortunes of the wizard Ged from his childhood to an age where magic is giving way to evil.
As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage and helps the High Priestess Tenar …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141370538 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014137053X |
| Author: | Ursula Le Guin, Ngadi Smart |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 912 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 630g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 133mm x 57mm |
| Series: | A Puffin Book |
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About The Author
Ursula Le Guin
Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkley, California, in 1929, daughter of the writer Theodora Krober and the anthropologist Alfred Krober. Her published work includes twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, three collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation. Among her novels are The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, both winners of the Nebula and Hugo awards, Always Coming Home, winner of the 1985 Kafka Award, and Four Ways to Forgiveness. In 2009 she won her sixth Nebula award for Powers. She died in January 2018 aged 88. Penguin/Puffin published the first volume of the Earthsea books, A Wizard of Earthsea, in 1971. The Earthsea books have been translated into many languages around the world and are global bestsellers.
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