Un Mago de Terramar

Spanish language

Published Nov. 13, 2000 by Ediciones Minotauro.

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978-84-450-7333-9
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A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. It is regarded as a classic of children's literature and of fantasy, within which it is widely influential. The story is set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea and centers on a young mage named Ged, born in a village on the island of Gont. He displays great power while still a boy and joins a school of wizardry, where his prickly nature drives him into conflict with a fellow student. During a magical duel, Ged's spell goes awry and releases a shadow creature that attacks him. The novel follows Ged's journey as he seeks to be free of the creature. The book has often been described as a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, as it explores Ged's process of learning to cope with power …

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reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

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3 stars

Prose is slim and considered, the imagery vivid without being exhausting, but I did not feel engaged with Ged, personally, philosophically, etc.

I appreciate how concise and capable a novel this is; that it is in its way rubbing against the grain of what, in 1969 especially, are the expectations of a fantasy novel and setting.

But I read it today, in a different cultural milieu. While Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed still felt compelling and relevant, Wizard of Earthsea is something I can only imagine once having a greater potency.

reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)

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2 stars

It didn't get any better. Some writing just isn't for me, and this falls easily into that category. Here's a few things that got under my skin and pretty much ruined the experience:

1) I don't like it when books tell me about the character's future before I've met them for the first time. Telling me that your main character is some epic hero in the future who has done this and that and is amazing and well known serves no purpose. All it does is take away the tiniest bit of possibility that something bad may happen. This was also a huge issue in The Name of the Wind and the Mordant's Need books. If your character is going to be the coolest person in the world one day, fine! Just let me discover that as the story progresses.

2) Show me the action, don't just tell me about …