A Wizard of Earthsea - Brossura

Le Guin, Ursula K.

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ISBN 10: 0553262505 ISBN 13: 9780553262506

Casa editrice: Spectra, 1984

Riassunto

Yearning for knowledge and power, Sparrowhawk, a young student at the School for Wizards, becomes overanxious and tries his dangerous powers too soon, unleashing a terrible evil throughout the land, as he prepares for his role as the greatest sorcerer in the history of Earthsea. Reprint. (A SciFi Channel miniseries, airing December 2004, directed by Rob Lieberman, written by Gavin Scott, starring Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini, & Danny Glover) (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was born in 1929; her parents were the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber. She writes both poetry and prose, including realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, young children's books, books for young adults, screenplays, essays, verbal texts for musicians, and voicetexts for performance or recording. She has published five books of poetry, seventeen novels, over a hundred short stories (collected in eight volumes), two collections of essays, eleven books for children, and two volumes of translation. Several of Le Guin's major titles have remained continuously in print for over thirty years. Her best known fantasy works, the first four Books of Earthsea, have sold millions of copies in America and England, and have been translated into sixteen languages. Three of Le Guin's books have been finalists for the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and among the many honors her writing has received are the National Book Award, five Hugo Awards, five Nebula awards, the Kafka award, a Pushcart Prize, the Howard Vursell award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the L.A. Times Robert Kirsch Award.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Spectra
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0553262505
• ISBN 13: 9780553262506
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 182
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile