From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher, and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Fantasy, science fiction, short stories) Add to Cart. Buy Now. Add to Wishlist. Item Price. $ The Compass Rose: Short Stories. by LE GUIN, Ursula K. · When The Compass Rose works, it is because the idea at the heart of the story is simple and Le Guin’s execution is measured. Writers have called the short story form a hand grenade, a single mood and a love affair (where a novel is a marriage), and while the scope of many of the short stories is impressive, the ones that do not alienate the reader by their angular peculiarity are the ones into Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. South to discover Antarctica with nine South American women West to find an enchanted harp and the borderland between life and death and onward to all points on and off the compass. Twenty astonishing stories from acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin carry us to worlds of wonder and horror, desire and destiny, enchantment and doom.
Ursula K le. Guin was phenomenal - seminal, even. The Compass Rose had a much quieter effect on me, more of a delayed reaction, really; it's stories are quiet, but they don't overwhelm you, which is a good thing and a less good thing. Ursula K. Le Guin's novels, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Beginning Place, have made her the hottest name in contemporary scifi. The Compass Rose shows her less a miler than a sprinter. The 20 stories reveal a versatile and far-ranging mind. West to find an enchanted harp and the borderland between life and death and onward to all points on and off the compass. Twenty astonishing stories from acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin carry us to worlds of wonder and horror, desire and destiny, enchantment and doom. Read More. Read Less.
The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , The Compass Rose is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert in It is organized into sections on the theme of directions, though not strictly compass -related as the title implies. This must have been the predicament Ursula K. Le Guin found herself in when collecting the short stories that compose The Compass Rose. In the book's preface, Le Guin admits that "the stories it contains tend to go off each in its own direction." Indeed, the collection is written in a veritable riot of styles.
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