• The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Other Wind

The Sixth Book of Earthsea
  • Author
    • Ursula K. Le Guin
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  • Published: Mar 20 2003
  • 196 x 128mm
  • ISBN: 9781842552117
The sixth book of Earthsea in a beautiful hardback edition. Complete the collection with A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Furthest Shore, Tehanu and Tales from Earthsea.

With illustrations from Charles Vess

'Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell

These five superlative, evocative and enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind, and feature some of Le Guin's most popular characters, including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthsea's history and people.

No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection.

'[Earthsea is] a memorable exploration of the relationship between life and death' Magaret Atwood
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Press Reviews

  • GUARDIAN
    A masterpiece of chilling narration

  • Erica Wagner

    THE TIMES
    If you think you don't like fantasy, think again; Leguin's books simply give "reality" another shape
  • TES
    This absorbing philosophical debate can stand alone for Le Guin's new readers; for long-standing fans of the Earthsea saga, old friends are here
  • THE SCOTSMAN
    THE OTHER WIND, a new Earthsea novel, felt like a homecoming to the magnificent otherworld that I escaped to at 14; wise, graceful, classic myth-making for all ages
  • NORTHERN ECHO
    The characters and fantasy world are all vividly drawn and the fascinating issues raised by the story are important and profound
  • THE TIMES
    Ursula Le Guin ... is a creator of marvels ...
  • David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas
    Reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago, and whose twists and turns have been handed down through generations of storytellers. It is timeless. . . . Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it
  • Margaret Atwood
    A memorable exploration of the relationship between life and death. . . Ged, its hero, must face his shadow self before it devours him. Only then will he become whole. In the process, he must contend with the wisdom of dragons: ambiguous and not our wisdom, but wisdom nonetheless
  • Neil Gaiman
    [This series] made me look at the world in a new way, imbued everything with a magic that was so much deeper than the magic I'd encountered before then. This was a magic of words, a magic of true speaking
  • Booktrusted News
    "¿a thought-provoking continuation of the chronicle of Earthsea¿a luminous, absorbing meditation upon life, death and man's relentless quest for immortality."
  • TES, 31 May 02
    "This absorbing philosophical debate can stand alone for Le Guin's new readers; for long-standing fans of the Earthsea saga, old friends are here."
  • Guardian, 27 Jul 02
    "¿a masterpiece of chilling narration"
  • Northern Echo, 12 Nov 02
    "The characters and fantasy world are all vividly drawn and the fascinating issues raised by the story are important and profound."
  • The School Librarian, Winter 02
    "Le Guin's storytelling is remarkable¿Without giving away the ending, it is both melancholy and affirming¿moving and rewarding."

  • Erica Wagner

    The Times, 7 Dec 02
    "If you think you don't like fantasy, think again; Leguin's books simply give "reality" another shape."

  • Julie Bertagna

    The Scotsman, 7 Dec 02
    "The Other Wind, a new Earthsea novel, felt like a homecoming to the magnificent otherworld that I escaped to at 14; wise, graceful, classic myth-making for all ages"
  • Perth Shopper, 25 Apr 03
    "A powerful and thought-provoking story of magic, love and loss."