![]() ![]() Le Guin would go on to win the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy awards (each more than once) later in her career, but it was the seminal book A Wizard of Earthsea that broke down barriers and provided a blueprint for countless beloved fantasy properties to come. Its easy and accurate to say that her parents interests inform her brilliant writing, and that cultural anthrpology and Jungian psychology are at the core of Wizard of Earthsea and its three sequels. Le Guin had never written something for the young adult audience before, and really, when this book was published in 1968, the young adult book. Ged, whose childhood name is Duny and whose public name, or use-name, is Sparrowhawk, is the protagonist of A Wizard of Earthsea. Ursula Le Guin is the daughter of Alfred Kroeber, an anthropologist, and Theodora Kroeber, a psychologist and writer. Le Guin wrote this book after being asked by the editor of Parnassus Press to write a fantasy novel for younger readers. Le Guin, who used her writing to subvert racist and sexist tropes often present in a genre historically dominated by white male authors, upheld in our own world. A Wizard of Earthsea is the first book in Ursula K. ![]() In Earthsea, it’s those who understand how to wield the power of words who are truly wise-a creed that Ursula K. It’s there that Sparrowhawk, as Ged becomes known, makes a terrible mistake that haunts him for years on his path to becoming the greatest sorcerer in all the realm. Long before Harry Potter was accepted to Hogwarts, the first installment in the highly acclaimed six-book Earthsea Cycle series saw a young Ged sail to the heart of the series’ titular archipelago-one of the most original fantasy worlds of its time-to study at the magical island of Roke’s school of wizardry. ![]()
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