Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
This collection of mainstream stories, written from the early eighties to the mid-nineties, is a stunning example of the virtuosity of the legendary Ursula K. Le Guin. Diffusing the traditional boundaries of realism, magical realism, and surrealism, Le Guin finds the detail that reveals the...
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This collection of mainstream stories, written from the early eighties to the mid-nineties, is a stunning example of the virtuosity of the legendary Ursula K. Le Guin. Diffusing the traditional boundaries of realism, magical realism, and surrealism, Le Guin finds the detail that reveals the strange in everyday life, or the unexpected depths of an ordinary person. Written with wit, zest, and a passionate sense of human frailty and toughness, Unlocking the Air is superb fiction by a beloved storyteller at the height of her power.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060928032 (0060928034)
Publish date: January 15th 1997
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 207
Edition language: English
I really enjoyed reading this collection. I feel all dreamy and thoughtful, like I've been at the ocean. Not like a day at the beach, with ice cream and swimming and making animals out of sand, but a day at the ocean, a North Pacific day, overcast, nothing to do but count waves and consider the qual...
Billed a a collection of Le Guin's "mainstream" short stories, nonetheless, this includes 2 out and out fantasy stories ("Olders" and "The Poacher") and one which can only be described as a "tall tale." ("Daddy's Big Girl.") Others range around in the "magical realism" genre, and others are explorat...
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