![]() ![]() She has been living these past decades on Gont, as a wife and mother and now widow. Prince Arren, now going openly by his true name, Lebannen, is King of Havnor. Tehanu is a direct sequel to The Farthest Shore. Once again, Le Guin doesn’t deliver the book I want, but she manages to come up with the story I need. This is a book with dragons and mages but precious little actual magic. Tehanu perfectly demonstrates Le Guin’s ability to achieve this exploration through understatement. ![]() The Earthsea cycle is such a rich canon of literature, and just thinking about the ways in which Le Guin explores humanity in these books makes my head spin. I have many favourite authors, but her writing has a special place in my heart, and her storytelling also. Oh let me count the ways I love Ursula K. ![]()
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