2006, ISBN: 1842555073

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[EAN: 9781842555071], [PU: Orion / Orion Children's Books], NOISBN, Fiction|Fantasy|General, Jacket, © 2006: 2nd in the 'Annals Of The Western Shore' series of books. 1st UK edition, 1st … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781842555071], [PU: Orion / Orion Children's Books], NOISBN, Fiction|Fantasy|General, Jacket, © 2006: 2nd in the 'Annals Of The Western Shore' series of books. 1st UK edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: The Alds are a war-like people, they cannot and do not read. They believe that demons hide in words, and so they ban writing. They took the beautiful city of Ansul and desecrated everything of beauty they could find, but though they raped, tortured and killed the people of Ansul, they could not destroy their spirit. The libraries are burned and all the city's books destroyed, except for those few that are carried, in secret, to the Waylord's House for safekeeping. Memer is a child of rape, but she is also the daughter of the Waylord's House, the daughter of his heart. He is crippled now, the result of years of imprisonment and torture by the Alds, but though his body is damaged beyond repair, his life still has purpose, and Memer has her role to play in the Waylord's future. And now times are changing. Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant have arrived in the city. Orrec is a story-teller, the most famous of all: he has the gift of making. His wife Gry's gift is that of calling to animals; she walks with a halflion who both frightens and fascinates the Alds. This is Memer's story, and Gry's and Orrec's. And it is the story of a conquered people craving freedom:- Review(s): "No question about her literary quality: her graceful prose, carefully thought-through premises, psychological insight, and intelligent perception" - Margaret Atwood / "Any new book by Ursula Le Guin is a large event in my personal reading life" - Margaret Mahy / "There is no writer with an imagination as forceful and delicate as Le Guin's" - Grace Paley:- (original cost £10.99)., Books<

2006, ISBN: 1842555073

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