Lavinia

Zusatztext a superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel Informationen zum Autor Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness , The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea have attained undisputed classic status; and her recent series, the Annals of the Western Shore, has won her the PEN Center USA Children's literature award and the Nebula Award for best novel. In 2014 Ursula Le Guin was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lived in Portland, Oregon, until she passed away in January 2018. Read more at http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/le_guin_ursula_k Klappentext Combination of history and mythology. Lavinia is the daughter of the King of Latium, and is now about to be wed. But despite her parent's wishes, she refuses to marry their choices, knowing that her refusal will start a war. An exploration of a little-known character in Virgil's "Aeneid". An exceptional combination of history and mythology - 'an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel' FINANCIAL TIMES Zusammenfassung An exceptional combination of history and mythology - 'an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel' FINANCIAL TIMES

Product details

• Authors: Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula le Guin, Ursula Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula Leguin, Ursula K. Leguin
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.05.2010
• EAN: 9780753827840
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2784-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Fantasy / General, Fiction: general and literary, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Roman religion and mythology