The Farthest Shore

(The Earthsea Cycle #3)

eBook, 259 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2004 by Gallery Books.

ISBN:
9781416509646
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4 stars (45 reviews)

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world -- even beyond the realm of death -- as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.

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The Farthest Shore

4 stars

"The Farthest Shore" est le troisième tome du cycle Earthsea d'Ursula K. Le Guin, également connu en français sous le nom de cycle de Terremer.

On y retrouve à nouveau Ged, le héros du premier tome et personnage secondaire du deuxième, désormais vieillissant et Archimage. Il est cette fois accompagné dans sa quête par Arren, un jeune prince. Leur but ? Découvrir pourquoi la magie disparait peu à peu des îles d’Earthsea.

Leur voyage les mènera dans le sud et l’ouest de l’archipel, à la rencontre de peuples que nous n’avions pas encore eu l’occasion de découvrir jusque là. Personnellement, j’ai une tendresse particulière pour le peuple des mers. On retrouve également avec plaisir des dragons, souvent cités mais rarement aperçus dans les romans précédents, hormis une scène marquante du premier.

A travers les aventures du vieux mage et de son jeune compagnon, Ursula K. Le Guin nous parle de …

Review of 'The Farthest Shore' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

The third in the series returns to focus more on Sparrowhawk but focalized through a young nobleman rather than Sparrowhawk himself. As such, it is interesting to see yet another perspective on Sparrowhawk. More dedicated, more driven, and yet bigger stakes makes The Farthest Shore a surreal experience at times. The force of the novel comes in the way we finally learn more about the dragons of Earthsea. As always, Le Guin's tale is one of ambition driven too far.

Review of 'The Farthest Shore' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I have a confession to make: I've never been able to get into Le Guin's books. I've read The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea trilogy, and there's something to the voice that I find dry and intolerable, like an anthropologist clinically describing observed events. Under this voice, even the most exciting scene is relayed in the monotonous drone of a professor lecturing ungrateful freshman. The Farthest Shore has the additional problem of the apparent main character, Arren, having little-to-no agency for 95% of the book, the plot being driven by Ged and the Other.

Which is a shame, because, otherwise, these books are amazing.

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