The Tombs of Atuan
From Ursula K. Le Guin winner of numerous awards including the National Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, five Hugos, five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Award and others comes another exciting tale. They took away everything. Home, family possession. They gave her a name. Arha, the Eaten...
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From Ursula K. Le Guin winner of numerous awards including the National Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, five Hugos, five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Award and others comes another exciting tale. They took away everything. Home, family possession. They gave her a name. Arha, the Eaten One. They dedicated her life as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth. And set her down at the Place of the Tombs in the deserts of Atuan. Then, suddenly, a thief came to the dark, endless labyrinth of her kingdom, seeking the greatest treasure of the Tombs, the broken Ring of Erreth-Akbe. A young wizard, Ged...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780553228076 (0553228072)
Publish date: March 15th 1981
Publisher: Bantam Books
Pages no: 146
Edition language: English
Series: Earthsea Cycle (#2)
Synopsis: At the age of six, Tenar was taken from her home and made High Priestess of the Nameless Ones, dark powers of the Tombs of Atuan. But when the wizard, Ged, comes to steal the tombs' greatest treasure he also comes to bring Tenar out of darkness.Review: Ursula Le Guin is known as one of the...
This is the worst cover, definitely whitewashed Sparrowhawk, if that's supposed to be him, but a really great, small but intense story about belief and nameless evil.
This is the worst cover, definitely whitewashed Sparrowhawk, if that's supposed to be him, but a really great, small but intense story about belief and nameless evil.
This is the second book in the Earthsea Cycle series, and I enjoyed it as much as the first one. I was a little disappointed at first because I had hoped to continue reading about the characters who had interested me so much in the first book, but this book focuses on a different main character. I...
It is probably obvious I like this book.