Saturday, November 16, 2013

2013 read #142: The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin
246 pages
Published 1980
Read November 16
Rating: ★★★★ out of 5

A slight but satisfying portal fantasy, a sweet tale of fragile people told with great tenderness and compassion. I can never find much to say about Le Guin's novels, it seems. The humanity of the characters was heartbreaking, infused with all the painful joy of life and the tricky business that is other people. Breaking that down into coarse chunks for what passes for a review around here feels wrong, somehow.

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