Tales from Earthsea

, #5

Paperback, 336 pages

English language

Published May 6, 2002 by Ace Trade.

ISBN:
978-0-441-00932-9
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Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events which occur before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages, history and magic of the place.

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reviewed Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #5)

Earthsea itself given more life

This collection of stories introduces some good new characters and adds some backstory for others and their teachers, but really it's Earthsea itself that gets fleshed out, and particularly the magic school at Roke. The stories cover a range from the foundation of that school through a sort of coming-of-age tale about Ged's teacher Ogion, on to the immediate aftermath of the previous book, Tehanu.

I didn't find the end of the last story satisfying, but Le Guin described it elsewhere as a bridge to the final book, so perhaps it's just intentionally so. I'll certainly be coming back to Earthsea sooner or later--I seem to read about one of these books a year--so I will find out.

Tales from Earthsea

"Tales from Earthsea" est le cinquième tome du cycle Earthsea d'Ursula K. Le Guin, également connu en français sous le nom de cycle de Terremer.

Après quatre romans, ce tome présente la particularité d’être un recueil de nouvelles. Il a été publié en 2001 et comprend cinq nouvelles : trois inédites lors de la publication du recueil, et deux qui avaient été déjà publiées en 1998 et 1999. Dès l’avant-propos, Ursula K. Le Guin présente son intention : combler certains « trous » de son univers pour faire le lien entre Tehanu, le quatrième tome, et The Other Wind, le dernier roman du cycle, qui était encore non publié à l’époque. L’autrice explore ainsi des périodes et des espaces géographiques encore inexplorés dans les quatre premiers tomes et en profite pour expliquer certains éléments évoqués mais jamais explicités dans les romans précédents.

Les cinq nouvelles qui …

Review of 'Tales from Earthsea' on 'Goodreads'

"Tales from Earthsea" by Ursula Le Guin is the fifth book in the Earthsea Cycle. If you've never heard of the series, it was a trailblazer in fantasy / speculative fiction for its Taoist influences and its subversion of many common tropes of Western high fantasy. This book is not one narrative but five short stories of varying lengths with an informative appendix giving some information and facts about the setting. I loved the first four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Far Shore, Tehanu) but to me, "Tales of Earthsea" really sets the entire series apart as a landmark in speculative fiction. These stories deepen the world-building in new and unexpected directions with characters that are complex and with honest emotions. They add complexity for the first four books and set up "The Other Wind," the final novel of the series. All of the short …

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Subjects

  • Fantasy fiction, American
  • Fantasy
  • Short stories