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Ursula K. Le Guin · 1972
The third book in the Earthsea Cycle follows Prince Arren of Enlad as he travels to the island of Roke to seek counsel from the Archmage Sparrowhawk about a mysterious evil spreading through the archipelago—a loss of magic and meaning afflicting various lands. A fantasy novel exploring themes of power, mortality, and the nature of magic.
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To restore the living world, one man must sacrifice his power and one boy must learn that death gives life its meaning.
education-and-formation
For Arren had fallen in love. He had never given himself entirely to anything. All had come easily to him.
FSU-RC-006He had learned his own weakness also, and by it had learned to measure his strength; and he knew that he was strong.
FSU-RC-101mortality
They were not immortal. Among the giants grew sapling trees, tall and vigorous with bright crowns of foliage.
FSU-RC-008He made money from his art, showing whatever spirit they asked to see — dead wife or husband or child, filling his house with unquiet shadows.
FSU-RC-055self-and-identity
There, in the vast, dry darkness, one stood beckoning. Come, he said, the tall lord of shadows.
FSU-RC-041The transformation troubled him more, not less. It was too complete; this was not the Archmage at all, this was no wise guide and leader.
FSU-RC-0290 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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