The Beginning Place
by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553262823
- ISBN 13
- 9780553262827
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About This Item
Random House Publishing Group, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G0553262823I3N00
- Title
- The Beginning Place
- Author
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553262823
- ISBN 13
- 9780553262827
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1981
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