Summary
Ursula le Guin: The Farthest Shore
The third book of the Earthsea series
With this continuation of her series, Ursula le Guin shows us the journey that sooner or later everyone who feels the extinction of some metaphorical and deeply personal magic in their life will take.
In the third installment of the Earthsea series, darkness descends on the world of magic, as it begins to leave the wizards and the world they live in. Wizard Ged is now a great Archmage and master of dragons, faced with the dangerous task of discovering the cause of the great change happening around him. On the dangerous and uncertain adventure he embarks on, he is accompanied by the young prince Aren, eager to prove and test his courage. Darker and more tense than the first two parts, The Farthest Shore is about testing strength and will, and the limits to which such testing can and must go. At the same time, Ursula le Guin expands before us the world of multiple, colorful and specific cultures with which our heroes come into contact, and where we can see all the strength and power of her imagination. This book is about the combination of youth, drive and enthusiasm on the one hand, and mature age in which the weakening of physical strength compensates for the great experience and wisdom derived from it on the other hand.
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