Earthsea

The First Four Books: A Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu

Ursula Le Guin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:23rd Feb '12

£14.99

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Discover Ursula Le Guin's passionate and enthralling story of a young boy sent to a school of wizardry to learn the ways of magic in the opening quartet of the Earthsea story.

'One of the literary greats' Margaret Atwood

A Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu


Ged is but a young goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician.

Over the years and distances, he hones his craft and helps the High Priestess Tenar escape the labyrinth of darkness. But it is as Archmage Sparrowhawk that Ged witnesses true magic and the ancient ways submit to the forces of evil and death. Will he too succumb, or can he hold them back?

'Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell

'One of the greats. A literary icon' Stephen King

'A colossus of literature, a trailblazer' China Mieville


Previously titled The Earthsea Quartet.

Thrilling, wise and beautiful... Every word is perfect, like the spells Ged has to master * Guardian *
One of literature's best-written fantasy worlds. I adored A Wizard of Earthsea, which I read and reread until my ratty old paperback copy required emergency surgery. Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it -- David Mitchell
Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself -- Zadie Smith
One of the major works of fantasy in this century * Observer *
A literary icon -- Stephen King
One of the literary greats of the 20th century -- Margaret Atwood
A colossus of literature, a trailblazer -- China Mieville
Rowling can type, but Le Guin can write * Guardian *
Composed sparely, shaped by narratives so basic they must be inscribed upon our cells, they read as if they were not written but found, dug out like jewels from rock * Village Voice *
A writer of phenomenal power * Observer *

ISBN: 9780241956878

Dimensions: 196mm x 124mm x 44mm

Weight: 480g

704 pages