A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Series #1)
In print for more than three decades, this bestselling fantasy book is a tale of wizards, dragons, and shadows, played out in a world like and unlike our own, in an Archipelago of imagined islands. Unabridged.
In print for more than three decades, this bestselling fantasy book is a tale of wizards, dragons, and shadows, played out in a world like and unlike our own, in an Archipelago of imagined islands. Unabridged.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780553383041
Publish date: 28-09-2004
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Ged’s amazing potential as a wizard is recognized and he is plucked from a remote village by a master wizard, destined to become one of the greatest wizards of all. And then that terrible human frailty, pride, gets the upper hand, and Ged makes a mistake that seemingly ruins his life.And Ged is off ...
"It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul." This seemingly simple statement actually says a lot about the human nature - just as all the Ursula Le Guin's books that I've read so far seem to do. ***A Wizard of Earthsea is a simple but beautiful and magical coming-of-age story o...
A young wizard releases an evil shadow into the world. Ursula Le Guin's magic fantasy stars Judi Dench.
3 1/2Well what can I say. This book was entertaining and thought provoking at times. At other times I was bored.It reminded me strangely of The Hobbit for some obscure reason. I did like the book, and I think it will be one I think back on.