Ursula Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

Luke Shelton (University of Glasgow)

Ed. by Dimitra Fimi, University of Glasgow
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1973

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Ursula K. Le Guin’s

The Farthest Shore

was published in 1972 by Atheneum Books and was originally intended to be the final volume in the Earthsea cycle. In 1973, the book received the distinction of being the winner of the National Book Award for Children’s Literature (a distinction that the previous volume in the series was a runner-up for the year before). In 1972, Le Guin’s

The Lathe of Heaven

(1971) won the Locus Award for Best Novel. These awards demonstrate that Le Guin continued to work in both the science fiction and fantasy genres, and did so at the highest level.

A plot overview follows the same basic structure of the two previous volumes in the series: Ged must go on a quest, and this quest results in the restoration, although changed, of something lost. The framing of the

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Citation: Shelton, Luke. "The Farthest Shore". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 December 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=24758, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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