The Wind's Twelve Quarters

The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062471031

The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1987-09-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0060914343

The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 147321436X

Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and is likewise feted beyond the confines of the genre. The Wind's Twelve Quarters was her first collection and it brings together some of finest short fiction, including the Hugo Award-winning 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', the Nebula Award-winning 'The Day Before the Revolution', and the Hugo-nominated 'Winter's King', which gave readers their first glimpse of the world later made famous in her Hugo- and Nebula-winning masterpiece The Left Hand of Darkness.

Darkness Box

Darkness Box
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062470949

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "Darkness Box" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

Always Coming Home

Always Coming Home
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2001-02-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780520227354

An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.

The Good Trip

The Good Trip
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062471015

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "The Good Trip" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

Winter's King

Winter's King
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 006247099X

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "Winter's King" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

April in Paris

April in Paris
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062470930

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "April in Paris" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

The Word of Unbinding

The Word of Unbinding
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062470965

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "The Word of Unbinding" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.