Description
'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE
'Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed' BOOKLIST
'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER
'A tour de force' EVENING STANDARD
The final part in the story that started with GIFTS, and the tale of Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant, two children with extraordinary powers.
They play a part in VOICES too, the sequel to GIFTS, in which Memer, a girl who has grown up in a captured city, is part of the people's fight for freedom.
And now, in POWERS, we have the conclusion to Ursula Le Guin's beautifully written, powerful and moving story of the Western Isles, a tale that will leave every reader begging for more.
The final part of Le Guin's mesmerising Annals of the Western Isles
About the Author
Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea have attained undisputed classic status; and her recent series, the Annals of the Western Shore, has won her the PEN Center USA Children's literature award and the Nebula Award for best novel. In 2014 Ursula Le Guin was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lived in Portland, Oregon, until she passed away in January 2018.
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Reviews
Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend * THE TIMES *
[Le Guin had] the heart of a poet who knew all too well the difference between miracle and eureka, revelation and revolution * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters * GUARDIAN *
Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be * EMPIRE *
Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed * BOOKLIST *
Awards
Winner of SFWA Nebula Award Novel Category 2009.
Book Information
ISBN 9781842556313
Author Ursula K. Le Guin
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Gollancz
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 278g
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 171mm * 27mm
