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Author: Ursula K Le Guin ,
Gabrielle de Cuir
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 14.70cm
Weight: 0.249kg
ISBN: 9781982618919
ISBN 10: 1982618914
Publication Date: 22 January 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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"Ursula Le Guin at her best...This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers. -- ""Washington Post Book World"" Le Guin is an irreverent demystifier of the industry currently known as 'literary criticism' and a consummate storyteller who enlightens with her perfect weave of myth and fact, fantasy and common sense. Essential reading for anyone who imagines herself literate and/or socially concerned or who wants to learn what it means to be such. -- ""Library Journal"" Chronologically arranged, these 33 talks and essays and 17 reviews of books and films, dating from 1976 through 1987, record Le Guin's responses to ethical and political climates, the transforming effect of certain literary ideas and the changes of a supple, disciplined mind...The noted science fiction writer eloquently discusses feminism, social responsibility, literature, and travel. We read her deeply considered views on abortion, menopause, motherhood, family planning; censorship, criticism, myth in contemporary life, women writers, the reciprocity of prose and poetry, the language of power; the advantages and pleasures of travel by Amtrak; heroism in Scott and Amundsen; the ideas of Doris Lessing and Italo Calvino; and how science fiction addresses the issue of nuclear war. -- ""Publishers Weekly"""
Essential reading for anyone who imagines herself literate and/or socially concerned or who wants to learn what it means to be such. -- Library Journal Ursula Le Guin at her best...This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers. -- Washington Post Book World
Author Information
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry, literary criticism, and essays. She was widely recognized as one of the greatest science fiction writers in the history of the genre. She won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards on several occasions, as well as the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award, and many other honors and prizes. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narration, has narrated over two hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her velvet touch as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.
