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Annals of the Western Shore: Book 1

Gifts (2004) (edit title/settings)

by Ursula K. Le Guin (Author) (edit contributors)

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Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability--with a glance, a gesture, a word--to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in... read more

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All is not what is seems... Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess wonderous gifts- the ability to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. They can twist a limb, change a mind, inflict a wasting illness. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

All is not what is seems... Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess wonderous gifts- the ability to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. They can twist a limb, change a mind, inflict a wasting illness. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide not to use their gifts. One, a girl, refuses to bring animals to their death in the hunt. The other , a boy, wears a blindfold lest his eyes and his anger kill.

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  • “To see that you life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well. It's unwise, though, to think you know how it's going to go or how it's going to end. That's to be known only when it is over.”
  • “We scarcely know how much of our pleasure and interest in life comes to us through our eyes until we have to do without them; and part of that pleasure is that the eyes can choose where to look. But the ears can't choose where to listen.”
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  • “Talk is an art and a pleasure, not a matter of mere use and need.”
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  • She did not defend her opinions, because she held conflicting opinions on almost everything. And yet she was immovable.
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  • To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well. It's unwise, though, to think you know how it's going to go, or how it's going to end. That's to be known only when it's over.
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  • GRIEVING, LIKE BEING blind, is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it.
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  • Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can't understand that they end in him, but they don't end with him.
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He was lost when he came to us, and I fear the silver spoons he stole from us didn't save him when he ran away and went up into the high domains.

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Chapter 1 to Chapter 18

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This is book 1 of 3 in Annals of the Western Shore. (standard series)

Followed by Powers.

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  1. Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
ISBN: 978-0152051235
Page Count: 274

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