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The Farthest Shore
The Earthsea Quartet (Related to this series)
- Author
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrator
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 15 August 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.5 (2 reviews)
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What to expect
'[This] trilogy 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' Neil Gaiman
'Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell
Critics Review
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The Earthsea trilogy . . . is 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
Margaret Atwood
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[This] trilogy 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
Neil Gaiman
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A Wizard of Earthsea 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
David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS
User Reviews
Book 4.5
Narration 3.5
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4.0 2.0
Another coming of age fable. The beautiful writing and heavy themes (life/death/depression) lift it from being a children’s book. I enjoyed it, although not as much as the Tombs of Atuan.
The narration was way too much for my taste, especially in contrast with the simpler style of book 2. The normal narration sounded like a bit too much like Smaug from the Hobbit (eg the word ‘dark’ is pronounced with three Rs and two Ks) and the choice of accents were a bit irritating (e.g the stupid and drugged up simple villager had a thick and bad West Country accent)Addy 2025-04-21
Details
- Author
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrator
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duration
- 8 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 August 2019
- ISBN
- 9781473228719
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Fantasy, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
- Rating
- 4.5(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 3.5(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Darkness 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.'[This] trilogy 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' Neil Gaiman'Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell
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