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"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (/ ˈ oʊ m ə ˌ l ɑː s / [1]) is a 1973 short work of philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child ...
Tehanu / t ə ˈ h ɑː n uː /, [1] initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, [2] is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Atheneum in February 1990. [2] It is the fourth novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea , published almost twenty years after the first three Earthsea novels (1968–1972), and ...
Guynes noted that many individual stories in the collection were among Le Guin's most famous, including in particular "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "The Day Before the Revolution". [47] Scholar Donna White noted that those two stories, along with "Nine Lives" are among Le Guin's most-anthologized stories.
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər l ə ˈ ɡ w ɪ n / KROH-bər lə GWIN; [1] née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction , including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe , and the Earthsea fantasy series.
Kurremkarmerruk – Kurremkarmerruk / ˌ k ʊ r ə m k ɑː r ˈ m ɛ r ə k / [6] is the name used by the Master Namers of Roke. L. Lark – Lark is a woman of Middle Valley, friend of Tenar. (Tehanu) Lebannen – Lebannen is king of Earthsea. The name means "rowan tree" in the Old Speech. Called Arren. The word means "sword" in his nation.
Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Downes-Le Guin, who also serves as ...
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas; S. The Shobies' Story; Sur (short story) V. Vaster than Empires and More Slow; W. ... Category: Short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing: Interview collection 2018 Portland, Tin House A series of interviews conducted by David Naimon. ISBN 978-1-941040-99-7 [5] [114] Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: Interview collection February 2018: New York City, Melville House Edited by David Streitfeld ISBN 978-1-61219-779-1 [5] [115]