pickI had no idea Le Guin also wrote poetry! I should have known. The woman who wrote The Rule of Names would obviously have a deep understanding of the power of words. So glad I‘ve discovered this last collection because now I can work my way backwards.
Also, if I could tattoo the entirety of After the Death of Orpheus on my skin, I would. #TheSealeyChallenge 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
This review is for “Gifts.“ Gifts is the first book in a trilogy completed by Le Guin towards the end of her career. It tells of bordering domains in the Uplands, ruled by brantors, some benevolent & some cruel. The brantors have hereditary powers (the Gifts of the title) which they use in practical ways & to also protect their lands, I really liked this initial entry; as with other LeGuin the world is immersive & convincing without pages (CONT)
“I would go so far as to say that the natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.“
After a lazy Saturday morning, this is the plan for the rest of the weekend.
#WeRemember Day 3: My daughter and I only managed to read the first book in this series of #UrsulaLeGuin - but planning to continue soonest. 💕
