The Farthest Shore – September 11, 2012 PDF

The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle) Hardcover – September 11, 2012
Author: Visit ‘s Ursula K. Le Guin Page ID: 1442459921

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“New and longtime Earthsea fans will be drawn to these impressive new editions.” (The Horn Book)

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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle has become one of the best-loved fantasies of our time. The windswept world of Earthsea is one of the greatest creations in all fantasy literature, frequently compared with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth or C.S. Lewis’ Narnia. The magnificent saga begins with A Wizard Of Earthsea, continues in The Tombs Of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, and concludes with Tehanu –each book a treasure of wisdom, wonder, and literary wizardry. The magic had gone out of the world. All over Earthsea the mages had forgotten their spells, the springs of wizardry were running dry. Ged, Dragonlord and Archmage, set out with Arren, a highborn young prince, to seek the source of the darkness. This is the tale of their harrowing journey beyond the shores of death to heal a wounded land.

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Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upSeries: Earthsea Cycle (Book 3)Hardcover: 272 pagesPublisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (September 11, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1442459921ISBN-13: 978-1442459922 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #687,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #471 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Classics #637 in Books > Teens > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Fairy Tales & Folklore #878 in Books > Teens > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Myths & Legends
LeGuin’s third book in her Earthsea series is her most ambitious. Her thesis: you can only become whole by facing and accepting death, the darkest shadow. Lifted straight from Jungian psychology, this is the hardest and the important part of being whole. Sparrowhawk knows most of this truth already: remember the climax to Wizard of Earthsea. Arren, the young prince who accompanies Sparrowhawk on the epic voyages of this third book, has not yet learned this harsh lesson.
You don’t need to know anything about Carl Jung to read and enjoy this book. At one level, this is a children’s tale. But this book has many levels. Consider: the last king, Maharrion, had prophesied that there would be no king to succeed him until one appeared who had crossed the farthest shore. I’m not giving anything away by telling you that the farthest shore is physical – the western shore of the westernmost isle of Earthsea and metaphysical – death. And readers of earlier books know that for the wizards of Earthasea, there is a low stone fence that separates the living from the dead.
There is another wizard – humiliated by a younger Sparrowhawk – who has both great power and a terror of death. And he has worked a spell that will devastate the world, by denying and avoiding death. But by denying death, he has denied life, and magic, song, joy, reason and even life are draining out of the world. That spell must be undone before it is too late. And that task falls to Sparowhawk and Arren.
Arren must learn to understand and accept that death is necessary. Not just in the abstract but personally. He must cross that low stonewall with no hope of returning. He must cross the final shore.
This story has dragons, despair, joy, loss, discovery and marvelous surprises.
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