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| | Tombs of Atuan (New Windmill S) |  | Author: Ursula K Le Guin
Publisher: Heinemann Educ.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  109 reviews
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Edition: n.e.
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
ISBN: 0435121944
EAN: 9780435121945
ASIN: 0435121944
Publication Date: October 1974
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 Continuing the series. December 8, 2008
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Bantam, 1971)
LeGuin continues her Earthsea quartet with The Tombs of Atuan, though you'll likely wonder for the first half of the novel what this has to do with A Wizard of Earthsea. (Actually, I have to admit that I'm still wondering, kind of.)
The Tombs of Atuan focuses on Tenar, a girl who is chosen to be the priestess of the Nameless Ones. Upon becoming the priestess, she gives up her own name and becomes Arha, the empty one. Her main duty as priestess is to guard the catacombs where the Nameless Ones are buried (thus the title). All goes relatively well until a thief slips into the catacombs to steal the greatest treasure of the Nameless Ones. But only Arha knows the ways through the dangerous, lightless paths...
As with A Wizard of Earthsea, I found this one readable, but every time I put the book down, I felt no real urge to pick it up again. The world, and the mythos that drives it, are exquisitely rendered and far more lavishly detailed than most, but other authors have proven that giving the details doesn't necessarily have to interrupt the action (Tolkien being the obvious choice, but more recently Steven Erikson and Elizabeth Moon, as well). Another reviewer whose take on The Tombs of Atuan I read yesterday may have summed it up best when she said that the first half of this book is very character-focused, just as the first half of A Wizard of Earthsea was. I'm all for building character, certainly, but when you're doing nothing else for half the novel, it does get a bit tiring. The funny thing is, I am well aware that LeGuin is very capable of doing this (such books as The Dispossessed and Very Far Away from Anywhere Else are perfect examples of what I'm talking about, and are not coincidentally among my favorite LeGuin novels). Maybe that's why I found the first half of both of these books a bit of a disappointment. Once Arha starts really interacting with the characters that advance the plot, things do pick up, and the fire that burns in LeGuin really gets stoked. It's just a bumpy ride from point A to point B. ***
Earthsea Always Satisfy's. November 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Book one The Wizard of Earthsea was required reading for a children's literature course I did back in 1999. I enjoyed it so much I read all the books and collections of short stories set in that world. Yet even though this novel finishes by revolving again around Ged, it is really about Tenar/Arha, a young girl believed to be the reborn High Priest of the unnamed ones. (Nameless ones.) Her name is taken from her at 6 years of age, a year after she was taken from her family and home. She is given the name/title "Arha" - "the one without a name."
She grows, learns and becomes high priestess under the tutelage of Kossil, priestess to the God-Kings and Thar of the God Brothers.
Then one day she sees Ged in the under tomb, and he has magic light. She traps him in the labyrinth. She then chains him and visits with him. Kossil finds out about this and plans to kill them both. Tenar, fearing this, visits Ged in the treasury where she has hidden him.
He renames her Tenar and together they escape and return the Ring of Erreth-Akbe to the inner islands that they may have peace. For the 9th rune that had been lost when the ring was broken when the rune was cut in half. Now with both pieces Ged could recover the rune and restore peace.
The book ends with them in the city of Havnor.
Note: Pay close attention to the names of boats in the series. In this one Ged guides a boat called Lookfar.
A disappointing follow-up to "Wizard" November 16, 2008
This book contains the elements of writing that have made LeGuin such a popular author--readability, substance, style, etc. However, this book pales in comparison to its predecessor, "A Wizard of Earthsea." My main critique of this particular volume is that the story simply takes too long to get off the ground. Almost the first half of the book is dedicated to setting up the main plot, which begs the reader for more patience than should be required. Once things get moving, it is an enjoyable tale with rich turns and twists. Worth reading for fans of the Earthsea series, but be warned that it is slow going for several chapters.
on audio July 2, 2008
The Tombs of Atuan is very different from A Wizard of Earthsea. It focuses on a young woman who has spent her life cloistered in the tombs of gods who she serves but doesn't know. Just as the reader feels completely miserable at the state of this disillusioned young lady, Ged (who nobody would describe as particularly cheerful or up-beat), arrives and brings with him a much-needed ray of sunshine, even though he spends most of the book under the earth. After Ged's arrival, things start to slowly make more sense to Tenar and it is interesting to watch her well-developed character gradually move from darkness to light.
This is a slow-paced book. There's not a lot of action until the end, but Ged's quest in the tombs is related to the rest of the Earthsea series, so it's valuable in that sense. And, of course, an Ursula Le Guin is always a pleasure to read and this audiobook version is very good. --FantasyLiterature.net
 the tombs of Atuan June 2, 2008
This is the second book of the earthsea cycle. The main character is not Ged the mage, but Tenar the first priestess of an old cult. It's an uncomplicated story about human feelings (particularly the coming of age of the main character, the crucial choosing of one's future and trust). The magic is present all through it without any extraordinary manifestations, such believable is Le Guin's wizardry. It's an easy reading that can be easily accomplished in a full day.
This edition is a sturdy one and will resist well the hazards a book is exposed to, but the paper lacks whiteness and is of a harsh type.
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