Ursula Le Guin: As I recall, one of the first things I did was draw the map, which is the map of Earthsea that's in the books now.
Gioia: Author of A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K.
But the fabric of it is very Eastern and in that sense, very ancient. Pico Iyer: The book has for me the silver light of the Pacific Northwest where Ursula Le Guin lives and I feel that I'm almost looking out on the sharp and steely maritime skies that you see in places like Portland and Seattle. And each island has its own geography and its own mythology and its own history.Ĭhabon: That strange, communal isolation strongly characterizes the people and the world of Earthsea. Stine: Each island has its own personality. Michael Chabon: Earthsea is a world of islands, scattered in an archipelago across the surface of an enormous ocean. Le Guin invents a rich and complex maritime world in which she sets the story-a place called Earthsea. One remarkable thing about A Wizard of Earthsea is that it offers readers the excitement of a fantasy adventure along with the psychological depth of a realist novel and the ethical and ecological awareness of a philosophical text. This first novel describes the childhood and teenage years of a young wizard, Ged, as he grows up in a remote mountain village and begins to discover and master his powers.
#A wizard of earthsea series#
Here's your host, poet and former Chair of the NEA, Dana Gioia.ĭana Gioia: A Wizard of Earthsea is the first book in a series of celebrated fantasy novels by Ursula K. The largest reading program in American history, The Big Read is designed to unite communities through great literature. Welcome to The Big Read, a program created by the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Reed: That's KenYatta Rogers reading from A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. In a great slow gesture he stretched out his arms, the gesture of welcome that opens an invocation. "Watch the air between my hands," he turned away from the others and stood still. KenYatta Rogers reads from A Wizard of Earthsea.
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