Powers
On sale
9th September 2010
Price: £10.99
Genre
‘Le Guin’s storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be’ EMPIRE
‘Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed’ BOOKLIST
‘Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power’ OBSERVER
‘A tour de force’ EVENING STANDARD
The final part in the story that started with GIFTS, and the tale of Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant, two children with extraordinary powers.
They play a part in VOICES too, the sequel to GIFTS, in which Memer, a girl who has grown up in a captured city, is part of the people’s fight for freedom.
And now, in POWERS, we have the conclusion to Ursula Le Guin’s beautifully written, powerful and moving story of the Western Isles, a tale that will leave every reader begging for more.
‘Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed’ BOOKLIST
‘Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power’ OBSERVER
‘A tour de force’ EVENING STANDARD
The final part in the story that started with GIFTS, and the tale of Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant, two children with extraordinary powers.
They play a part in VOICES too, the sequel to GIFTS, in which Memer, a girl who has grown up in a captured city, is part of the people’s fight for freedom.
And now, in POWERS, we have the conclusion to Ursula Le Guin’s beautifully written, powerful and moving story of the Western Isles, a tale that will leave every reader begging for more.
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Reviews
Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed
She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters
Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be
[Le Guin had] the heart of a poet who knew all too well the difference between miracle and eureka, revelation and revolution
Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend