Tehanu (Volume 4) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Tehanu (Volume 4) Reviews

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  平山秀樹

  ほんとうに「帰還」を読み終えるのは、つらかった。ちょうど風邪ひきだったせいかもいれない。なぜル＝グインはいまごろになって、暴力や性の問題をゲド戦記の世界へもちこんだのだろうか？幾重にも解釈ができる、解釈したくなってしまう。また、解釈されることを読み込みながらかかれた作品であるような気がしてならない。ル＝グインの視点にたてば、ファンタジーの枠組みの中に捕らえられていたアースシーの世界を、彼女は自分が年齢をくわえて飛び出してしまったあとで書かれたのが本書であろう。そとからアースシーの世界を眺め、そして、あらためて若いときに避けてきた性や暴力のもつ不可思議で奥深い神秘に正面からとりくんだひとつの答えが本書であろう。
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  Kate

  Like many other reviewers I don't find this as appealing as the initial trilogy. However it is very evocatively written , is warm in tone and had a good twist at the end. I have ordered the 5th book too.
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  Keith B

  An excellent final book to the Earthsea series. Gripping as the original and full of Ursula's challenging ideas and statements. Really enjoyed this book and finished it still pondering what I really thought on several issues raised.
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  R J Evans

  A rather odd little bllk. Very thoughtful and introspective not at all what I expected.But, for all that, I couldn't put it down until I finished it!Such a good writer, and I am looking forward to reading the 5th book.
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  Amber Fairseat

  Again, I have been seduced by Le Guin's writing. Here, she has taken her original legend and looked again with the wisdom of maturity. There are harsher, human elements here realism, grit and therefore, the beauty in it shines out even . I am enjoying each of these books than the last.