The Beginning Place
by Le Guin, Ursula K
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553142593
- ISBN 13
- 9780553142594
- Seller
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Oneonta, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Book, 1981. "Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"--a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight." Some mild wear and soil, pages a bit browned. 4.25 x 7 with 183 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
Synopsis
The Beginning Place is a short novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1980. It was subsequently published under the title Threshold in 1986. The novel does not belong to any of the cycles for which Le Guin is well known. The story's genre is a mixture of realism and fantasy literature. The novel's epigraph "What river is this through which the Ganges flows?" is quoted from Jorge Luis Borges who is known for his works of magical realism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- md6372
- Title
- The Beginning Place
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553142593
- ISBN 13
- 9780553142594
- Publisher
- Bantam Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Fantasy
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