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The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Other Wind

Ursula K. Le Guin, Ginger Clark

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 11, 2012

Reading lane: YA Mythical Creature Stories

A Fantasy pick for readers exploring The Other Wind.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Le Guin, Near

Come here for

  • Le Guin’s fantasy gravity
  • A companionable return to Earthsea-adjacent reading

Expect

  • Mythic texture, not summary
  • A familiar-name entry point

Book Details

Authors
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ginger Clark
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 11, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
YA Mythical Creature Stories · Epic Fantasy
Reading lane
YA Mythical Creature Stories

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Publisher Categories

  • YA Adventure

  • YA Mythical Creature Stories

  • YA Classics

  • YA Fantasy

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  • Epic YA Fantasy

  • Wizards & Witches for Teens

  • Myths & Legends for Teens

  • Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens

About This Book

The final book in Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Books of Earthsea. The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea. Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman. The threat can be confronted only in the Immanent Grove on Roke, the holiest...

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The final book in Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Books of Earthsea. The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea. Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman. The threat can be confronted only in the Immanent Grove on Roke, the holiest place in the world, and there the king, hero, sage, wizard, and dragon make a last stand. In this final book of the Books of Earthsea, Le Guin combines her magical fantasy with a profoundly human, earthly, humble touch. With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings—but also unlike anything but themselves—Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. They have received accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Join the millions of fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As The Guardian put it: "Ursula Le Guin's world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny islands cast on a vast sea. The islands' names pull at my heart like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . ." The Books of Earthsea includes: - A Wizard of Earthsea - The Tombs of Atuan - The Farthest Shore - Tehanu - Tales from Earthsea - The Other Wind

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