The Beginning Place
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- Published: Feb 04 2027
- Pages: 256
- ISBN: 9781399637695
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'Magical ... lyrical ... an uncommonly graceful fantasy romance' Time Magazine
'One of the literary greats of the twentieth century' Margaret Atwood
Fleeing from the monotony of his life in the US suburbs, Hugh Rogers stumbles into 'the beginning place' - a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight, where time flows more slowly than in the outside world.
Irena Pannis was a teenager when she first found 'the beginning place' and has been going back and forth for seven years. She has another life there, another family, and a sense of belonging she lacks elsewhere in her life. So Irena resents Hugh for his sudden appearance into her hidden sanctuary.
But then Irena discovers something is wrong: the paths which connect the town with the rest of the country are closing and somehow no one can reach or leave Tembreabrezi except her - and Irena herself has difficulty travelling between the two worlds. The closing is not material, but emotional, based on fear of the outside world. Despite her anger with Hugh, the two of them must work together - with consequences neither of them looked for, or expected...
'One of the literary greats of the twentieth century' Margaret Atwood
Fleeing from the monotony of his life in the US suburbs, Hugh Rogers stumbles into 'the beginning place' - a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight, where time flows more slowly than in the outside world.
Irena Pannis was a teenager when she first found 'the beginning place' and has been going back and forth for seven years. She has another life there, another family, and a sense of belonging she lacks elsewhere in her life. So Irena resents Hugh for his sudden appearance into her hidden sanctuary.
But then Irena discovers something is wrong: the paths which connect the town with the rest of the country are closing and somehow no one can reach or leave Tembreabrezi except her - and Irena herself has difficulty travelling between the two worlds. The closing is not material, but emotional, based on fear of the outside world. Despite her anger with Hugh, the two of them must work together - with consequences neither of them looked for, or expected...
Press Reviews
Margaret Atwood
One of the literary greats of the twentieth century
Stephen King
A literary icon
David Mitchell
A crafter of fierce, focused, fertile dreams
- Time Magazine
Magical ... lyrical ... an uncommonly graceful fantasy romance
- Time Magazine
Magical ... lyrical ... an uncommonly graceful fantasy romance
- Boston Globe
Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own
- Washington Post
Queen of the realm of fantasy
- Newsweek
What she really does is write fables: splendidly intricate and hugely imaginative tales about such mundane concerns as life, death, love, and sex
- Library Journal
Her worlds are haunting psychological visions moulded with firm artistry
- Time
Her characters are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy grace