The Farthest Shore [Import] [Hardcover]

Ursula Le Guin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd (November 27, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0241139821
• ISBN-13: 978-0241139820
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Earthsea is always great, November 27, 2008

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Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Farthest Shore (Puffin Books) (Paperback)

I read most of the Earthsea Cycle as part of a children's literature course I did back in 1999. This is another book about Ged. But in this one he is the special educator to Lebanner/ Arren.

It is a book about the big questions, such as life and death, and the search for who we are. It is also about what we are to be and the idea of predestination. Ged says "to seek to be one's self is rare." It is also that we seek what we don't know in order to be found by our destiny.

In the book darkness is overtaking the world, singers are losing their songs, mages are forgetting their crafts. Men doubt and society is decaying, all because of fear or death. Men are giving up their true names to a lie. They are becoming slaves to a dead master.

Key Notes:

Ged is Master of Roke - Archmage

Lookfar (Ship is back again)

Isles of Myths

5.0 out of 5 stars a listening pleasure, October 25, 2007

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S. Herzig (Davenport, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Farthest Shore (Audio Cassette)

This audio tape has an excellent reader and the words flow beautifully into the mind to create a total otherworld that is enchanting. i listen to this tape to escape the world and to understand it at the same time!