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The Beginning Place
by Le Guin, Ursula K
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553142593
- ISBN 13
- 9780553142594
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to corners and edges; age tanning; spine straight and uncreased; unfaded; In the magic world of Tembreabrezi, across a stream in a place of sweet water, gentle fold, and eternal twilight, two young people from the outside world meet and fall in love. Poised on the edge of adulthood, they are seeking refuge from the harsh realities of growing up. Then a shadow falls on their special place. Now they must fight to free themselves from the evil that casts a darkness onTembreabrezi, and on their newfound happiness.
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
- Werdz Quality Used Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005468
- Title
- The Beginning Place
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553142593
- ISBN 13
- 9780553142594
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 183
- Keywords
- FICTION FANTASY URSULA K LEGUIN GROWING UP FIRST LOVE
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Werdz Quality Used Books
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....