曾經是峨團陵墓第一女祭司的恬娜，如今已是個年華逝去的孀居婦人。她和一名受虐又遭火傷的小女孩瑟魯相依為命，一起克服艱困的生活中種種危機。地海最強大的法師格得，在相隔二十多年後再度出現在恬娜面前，他歷盡萬難從死域歸來，恢復了地海世界的平衡，卻法力盡失，最終成為一個平凡老人。一切都已改變，過去深信不疑的力量與真理從此不是唯一……

　　《地海孤雛》透過地海世界的奇幻特質，鋪展出以平凡婦女、受虐女童、村野女巫等弱勢族群為主的大視野，探討父權體制下女性生命的挫折、困厄與成長，為奇幻文學增添更為深刻的意義。

　　．1969年波士頓全球號角書獎‧1979年路易斯.卡洛書架獎．1971年紐伯瑞銀帶獎．1972年美國國家書卷獎童書獎．1990年星雲小說獎．2002年軌跡獎最佳選集與最佳中篇小說．世界奇幻獎

媒體推薦

　　娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩是我最喜歡的女作家之一。──村上春樹

　　想像力豐富，風格上乘，超越托爾金，更遠勝多麗絲．萊辛。勒瑰恩在當代奇幻與科幻文學界中，實已樹立無人可及的範例。──哈洛．卜倫

　　娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩在這部優異的三部曲中創造了龍與魔法的「地海世界」，已然取代托爾金的「中土」，成為異世界冒險的最佳場所。──倫敦週日時報

　　一如所有偉大的小說家，娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩創造的幻想世界重建了我們自身，是放了心靈。──波士頓全球報

　　她的人物複雜，令人難忘；文筆以堅韌優雅著稱。──時代雜誌

　　美國圖書館協會推薦好書、美國亞馬遜網路書店2000年奇幻文學必讀榜首

　　---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《地海孤雛》，木馬文化出版
The Nebula and Locus Award-winning fourth novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin gets a beautiful new repackage.
In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need--the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed.... With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Now the full Earthsea collection--A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, and The Other Wind--is available with a fresh, modern look that will endear it both to loyal fans and new legions of readers.
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作者簡介

娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩（Ursula K. Le Guin）

　　美國重要奇幻科幻、女性主義文學作家，1929年生。父親Alfred Kroeber是人類學家，母親Theodora Kroeber是心理學家暨作家，出身書香世家的她，從小便受到多元文化觀的洗禮。著有長篇小說20餘部、短篇小說集10本、詩集7本、評論集4本、童書10餘本；並編纂文選與從事翻譯，包括將老子《道德經》譯成英文。曾獲美國國家書卷獎、號角書獎、紐伯瑞獎、世界奇幻獎、軌跡獎、星雲獎、雨果獎、小詹姆斯．提普翠獎、卡夫卡獎、普須卡獎……等，以及SFWA大師、洛杉磯時報Robert Kirsch終生成就獎等榮譽。

　　她的奇幻成長系列小說「地海六部曲」與「魔戒」、「納尼亞傳奇」並列奇幻經典，而科幻小說《黑暗的左手》、《一無所有》等也是科幻迷心目中永遠的傑作。小說探討的議題從自我成長與認同，到社會制度探討與性別問題，無不鞭辟入裡，在優美恬澹的敘事風格中予人寬廣深沈的省思空間。西洋文學評論家哈洛．卜倫將她列為美國經典作家之列，日本作家村上春樹也是她的書迷。

　　---作者中文簡介擷取自中譯本《地海孤雛》，木馬文化出版
　　Ursula K. Le Guin has published twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry, and four of translation, and has received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, Tiptree, Sturgeon, PEN-Malamud, and National Book Award and the Pushcart and Janet Heidinger Kafka prizes, among others. In recent years she has received lifetime achievement awards from World Fantasy Awards, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and Willamette Writers, as well as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Library of Congress Living Legends award. Le Guin was the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award and the Margaret Edwards Award. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, Words Are My Matter, an essay collection, and Finding My Elegy, New and Selected Poems. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and her website is UrsulaKLeGuin.com.
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