One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time WINNER OF THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS FOR BEST
ART BOOK Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea that
reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago” (David Mitchell)—this complete
omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles including over fifty illustrations
illuminating Le Guin’s vision of her classic saga by Hugo and Locus Award-winning artist
Charles Vess.Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded
works in literature—they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award a
Newbery Honor the Nebula Award and many more honors commemorating their enduring place in
the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Now for the first time ever
they’re all together in one volume—including the early short stories Le Guin’s Earthsea
Revisioned” Oxford lecture and a new Earthsea story never before printed. With a new
introduction by Le Guin herself this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations
by renowned artist Charles Vess specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin to bring her
refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way. [Stories include: A
Wizard of Earthsea” The Tombs of Atuan” The Farthest Shore” Tehanu” Tales From Earthsea”
The Other Wind” The Rule of Names” The Word of Unbinding” The Daughter of Odren” and
Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture at Oxford University”.] With stories as perennial and
universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings—but also unlike
anything but themselves—this edition is perfect for those new to the world of Earthsea as well
as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: to know Earthsea is to love it.
