{"product_id":"the-earthsea-quartet-ursula-le-guin","title":"The Earthsea Quartet (Ursula Le Guin)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover Ursula Le Guin's passionate and enthralling story of a young boy sent to a school of wizardry to learn the ways of magic in the opening quartet of the Earthsea story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the literary greats' Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGed is but a young goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the years and distances, he hones his craft and helps the High Priestess Tenar escape the labyrinth of darkness. But it is as Archmage Sparrowhawk that Ged witnesses true magic and the ancient ways submit to the forces of evil and death. Will he too succumb, or can he hold them back?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the greats. A literary icon' Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A colossus of literature, a trailblazer' China Mieville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously titled The Earthsea Quartet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrsula Le Guin was born in Berkley, California, in 1929, daughter of the writer Theodora Krober and the anthropologist Alfred Krober. Her published work includes twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, three collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation. Among her novels are the \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e, both winners of the Nebula and Hugo awards, \u003ci\u003eAlways Coming Home\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1985 Kafka Award, and \u003ci\u003eFour Ways to Forgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2009 she won her sixth Nebula award for \u003ci\u003ePowers\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in January 2018 aged 88.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin\/Puffin published the first volume of the Earthsea books, \u003ci\u003eA Wizard of Earthsea\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1971. The Earthsea books have been translated into many languages around the world and are global bestsellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 704 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65811648151901,"sku":"K032031431","price":16.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3203143100001A.jpg?v=1788524310","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-earthsea-quartet-ursula-le-guin","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}