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Ursula K. Le Guin: The Complete Orsinia Malafre

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TheinauguralvolumeofLibraryofAmerica’sUrsulaK.LeGuineditiongathershercompleteOrsinianwritings，enchanting，richlyimaginedhistoricalfictioncollectedhereforthefirsttime.WrittenbeforeLeGuinturnedtosciencefiction，thenovelMalafrenaisataleofloveanddutysetinthecentraleuropeancountryofOrsiniaintheearlynineteenthcentury，whenitisruledbytheAustrianempire.ThestoriesoriginallypublishedinOrsinianTales(1976)offerbrilliantlyrenderedepisodesofpersonaldramasetagainstahistorythatspansOrsinia’semergenceasanindependentkingdominthetwelfthcenturytoitsabsorptionbytheeasternBlocafterWorldWarII.ThevolumeisroundedoutbytwoadditionalstoriesthatbringthehistoryofOrsiniaupto1989，thepoem“FolksongfromtheMontaynaProvince，”LeGuin’sfirstpublishedwork，andtwoneverbeforepublishedsongsintheOrisinianlanguage.

作者简介

inacareerspanninghalfacentury,UrsulaK.LeGuinhasproducedabodyofworkthattestifiestoherabidingfaithinthepowerandartofwords.Sheisperhapsbestknownforimaginingfutureintergalacticworldsinbrilliantbooksthatchallengeourideasofwhatisnaturalandinevitableinhumanrelations—andthatcelebratecourage,endurance,risk-taking,andaboveall,freedominthefaceofthepsychologicalandsocialforcesthatleadtoauthoritarianismandfanaticism.itislesswellknownthatshefirstdevelopedthesethemesintherichlyimaginedhistoricalfictioncollectedinthisvolume,whichinauguratestheLibraryofAmericaeditionofherworks.BrianAttebery,theeditorofthisvolume,isprofessorofEnglishatIdahoStateUniversityandtheeditorofJournaloftheFantasticinArts.HeeditedTheNortonBookofScienceFiction(1997)withUrsulaK.LeGuinandKarenJoyFowler,andistheauthorofStoriesAboutStories:FantasyandtheRemakingofMyth(2014)andDecodingGenderinScienceFiction(2002),amongotherbooks.,,,

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