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A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. It is regarded as a classic of children's literature and of fantasy, within which it is widely influential.
In Earthsea, each individual among the Hardic peoples has several names over the course of their life: a child-name, a use-name and a true name.Up to puberty, a person is known by their child-name; at their rite of Passage, at about the age of thirteen, that name is taken from them and they are given their true name in the Old Speech by a witch, sorcerer or wizard.
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin.Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001).
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Earthsea is a vibrant island chain home to wizards and dragons. Ged, a young sorcerer with great potential, must conquer his own arrogance in order to ...
A Wizard of Earthsea focuses on Ged's adolescence, while The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore explore that of Tenar and the prince Arren, respectively. [156] [125] A Wizard of Earthsea is frequently described as a Bildungsroman, [157] [158] in which Ged's coming of age is intertwined with the physical journey he undertakes through the ...
Earthsea is a fictional world created by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.Introduced in her short story "The Word of Unbinding", published in 1964, Earthsea became the setting for a further six books, beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, and continuing with The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Usula K. Le Guin. The Earthsea cycle is beloved for a reason: it brings us a richly immersive world with enough action and adventure to entice readers to stay. You'll fall ...
Ged / ˈ ɡ ɛ d / [1] [2] is the true name of a fictional character in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea realm. [A] He is introduced in A Wizard of Earthsea, and plays both main and supporting roles in the subsequent Earthsea novels. In most of the Earthsea books he goes by the Hardic name Sparrowhawk; as a child he is known as Duny.