A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)

作者 Ursula K Le Guin著
出版社 Puffin Books
出版时间 1971年6月
ISBN 9780140304770
定价 82.90

内容简介

Thefirstbookof"Earthsea"isataleofwizards,dragonsandterrifyingshadows.TheislandofGontisalandfamousforwizards.Ofthese,somesaythegreatest-andsurelythegreatestvoyager-isthemancalledSparrowhawk.Asareckless,awkwardboy,hediscoveredthegreatpowerthatwasinhim-withterrifyingconsequences.Temptedbypridetotryspellsbeyondhismeans,Sparrowhawkletslooseanevilshadow-beastinhisland.Onlyhecandestroyit,andthequestleadshimtothefarthestcornerofEarthsea.

作者简介

UrsulaLeGuinwasborninBerkley,California,in1929,daughterofthewriterTheodoraKroberandtheanthropologistAlfredKrober.Herpublishedworkincludestwenty-onenovels,elevenvolumesofshortstories,threecollectionsofessays,twelvebooksforchildren,sixvolumesofpoetryandfouroftranslation.AmonghernovelsaretheTheLeftHandofDarknessandTheDispossessed,bothwinnersoftheNebulaandHugoawards,AlwaysComingHome,winnerofthe1985KafkaAward,andFourWaystoForgiveness.In2009shewonhersixthNebulaawardforPowers.Penguin/PuffinpublishedthefirstvolumeoftheEarthseabooks,AWizardofEarthsea,in1971.TheEarthseabookshavebeentranslatedintomanylanguagesaroundtheworldandareglobalbestsellers.

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