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Tehanu
- The Earthsea Cycle, Book Four
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Years before, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan - she an isolated young priestess, he a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost to him not by choice.
A lifetime ago they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Now they must join forces again to help another - the physically and emotionally scarred child whose own destiny remains to be revealed.
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- Robyn
- 18-04-2021
Brilliantly captures woman living in her own skin
Ursula Le Guin sings the song of my quite long life... Softly: living with men who feel they have lost everything when they lose their power. How they need women then, more than before and differently. It is lucky for these men that some can love through thick and thin. That is love sourced through the red dragon energy. Our sons and also, perhaps, daughters, in their full power, having not been initiated, are willing to do anything to get what is "theirs". Yes, until shadows are owned they seek to control a being.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-11-2020
an unexpected pleasure!
As a lot of people have no doubt remarked, this installment does not fit the 'hero's journey' structure of the first three books. The journey is more subtle, and gentle.
I loved the stories of Tenar, Tehanu and Ged. These are the ones that aren't explosions and magic battles but the power of a woman, the love of a mother, the trust of a partner and the determination...
Beautiful story, and well read.
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- emmoff
- 17-11-2016
Brilliance from Le Guin
This isn't about powerful wizards and their quests. This is the woman's story, the mundane story after the heroic. A book about gender and power (and dragons), it completes the Earthsea series brilliantly. Truly powerful and sad.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-05-2023
Best so far.
great book that touches on the many gender based issues within fantasy. Best of the series so far and the afterword included by Ursula K Le Guin is a great insight into her thoughts as she wrote.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2020
Best Earthsea yet!
Loved the pace and focus of this book. Le Guin at her most thoughtful and kind. Learning about how to be human.
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- Cassandra
- 19-12-2018
Not what I expected
In a fantastical world of Dragons and magic this story spends much of its time washing dishes and tending onions and making clothes. Which is not what I expected. Yet the themes it deals with are nuanced and raw. I appreciate the underdog story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-04-2023
One of the classics
I first read Tehanu when I was a teenager, and it was one of the first books I bought with my own money. Back then, I found it such a change from the heroic adventure of the earlier novels - now as an adult with children, the misogyny of the protagonists hits a lot harder. This is one if the classics, the healing of Tehanu is the necessary work for the healing of Earthsea. I think we should all hold that close when we're caring for the sick or injured.
The narrator has a perfect voice for this story - practical and kindly.
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- joe douglas
- 02-01-2018
The power of ordinary people.
I very much enjoyed these later chapters in the lives of fascinating people. Interesting to see the saga unfolding. It was lovely to hear the story so beautifully told too.
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- Sam
- 14-04-2020
Great book 📖 it’s amazing.
Le Guin has a truely stunning style of writing. Even the worst of stories can turn out good when Le Guin writes it. But this has great story it is excellent.
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- Kylie Brown
- 05-05-2023
One of my favourites from the Earthsea series
Thai book is amazing it took me a while to listen through as it was so deeply visual
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