The Beginning Place
by Le Guin, Ursula K
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553262823
- ISBN 13
- 9780553262827
- Seller
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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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- Bookseller
- Dr. Bookman - All Books Tightly Packaged in Cardboard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14780
- Title
- The Beginning Place
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553262823
- ISBN 13
- 9780553262827
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0553262823, Fantasy, Romance, Award Winning Author, Ursula Le Guin
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