Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Translator: Soo-hyun Lee
Publisher: Sigongsa
3-volume set | 198*135mm
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About This Book
Book 1: Gifts
In this well-realized fantasy, the people of the Uplands have
unusual and potentially dangerous abilities that can involve the killing
or maiming of others. Gry can communicate with animals, but she refuses
to use her gift to call creatures to the hunt, a stance her mother
doesn't understand. The males in Orrec's line have the power of
unmaking–or destroying–other living things. However, because his mother
is a Lowlander, there is concern that this ability will not run true to
him. When his gift finally manifests itself, it seems to be
uncontrollable. His father blindfolds him so that he will not mistakenly
hurt someone, and everyone fears him. Meanwhile, Ogge Drum, a greedy and
cruel landowner, causes heartache for Orrec and his family. There is a
strong sense of foreboding throughout the novel. The characters, who are
well rounded and believable, often fail to understand the extent of the
responsibility that comes with great power. In the end, Gry and Orrec
come to recognize the true nature of their gifts and how best to use
them. Readers can enjoy this story as a suspenseful struggle between
good and evil, or they can delve deeper and come away with a better
understanding of the choices that all individuals must make if they are
to realize their full potential. An excellent choice for discussion and
contemplation.–Bruce Anne Shook
Book 2: Voices
The year Memer was born, a foreign army overthrew her city's
elected government, declared the written word demonic, and destroyed
every book it could find. Seventeen years later, possession of books is
still punishable by death, and Memer and her mentor, the Waylord, are
the protectors of a hidden library and the intermediaries of an oracle
within it. At the invitation of the head of the occupying forces, Orrec
the poet and storyteller and his wife Gry visit the city, and their
arrival catalyzes the end of the occupation and the renewed prominence
of Memer's extended family. Some readers will recognize Orrec and Gry
from Le Guin's Gifts (Harcourt, 2004), although Voices stands entirely
on its own. Filled with thought-provoking parallels to our own world,
this political saga adeptly shows some pragmatic reasons why a war might
end: growing personal connections between an occupying army and a local
populace, changes in leadership and dimming of religious fervor within
an invading nation, the expense of maintaining a distant garrison, and
the recognition by two parties of shared economic goals better served by
cooperation than oppression. While her prose is simple and unadorned, Le
Guin's superior narrative voice and storytelling power make even small
moments ring with truth, and often with beauty.–Beth Wright
Book 3: Powers
Gavir, a 14-year-old slave in a noble household in Etra, one of
the city-states in Le Guin's vividly imagined country, the Western
Shore, is troubled by visions that may or may not foretell future
events. Kidnapped in early childhood from the northern Marshes, set
apart by his darker skin and hooked nose, endowed with a prodigious
memory, Gavir is educated to become the scholar who will teach the
family's children and their slaves. Protected by his elder sister, Gavir
accepts his lot, unable to imagine any other life. Trusting his masters
implicitly, he is blind to the danger that enslavement poses to his
beautiful sister. When she is raped and killed by the second son of the
household, Gavir walks away from the city, crazed with grief. He
continues to walk for three years, passing through a wild forest into
the Marshlands where he was born. He meets a variety of people along the
way, some protective, some threatening, each one contributing to his
quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. Hunted by an old enemy
from Etra, Gavir returns to the forest to rescue a small girl he met
there. In a thrilling escape sequence, he carries her to freedom. He
finds a home with Orrec, Gry, and Memer, heroes of Gifts (2004) and
Voices (2006, both Harcourt). Le Guin uses her own prodigious power as a
writer to craft lyrical, precise sentences, evoking a palpable sense of
place and believable characters. This distinguished novel belongs with
its predecessors in all young adult collections.—Margaret A. Chang
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