The Tombs of Atuan

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Author(s):

Ursula K Le Guin

First Pub:

1970

Genre(s):

Fantasy

Word Count:

45,939

First Read:

2009

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 13

Prologue

The Eaten One

The Wall Around the Place

The Prisoners

Dreams and Tales

Light Under the Hill

The Man Trap

The Great Treasure

Names

The Ring Erreth-Akbe

The Anger of the Dark

The Western Mountains

Voyage

Internal ID:

1418

Series:

A Wizard of Earthsea
The Farthest Shore

Earthsea Series*

#2 of 6

Earthsea Series*

A series of fantasy books written by Ursula K LeGuin.

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1) A Wizard of Earthsea
2) The Tombs of Atuan
3) The Farthest Shore
4) Tehanu
5) Tales from Earthsea
6) The Other Wind

Copyright:

Dedication:

For the redhead from Telluride

First Sentence:

"Come home, Tenar!"

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Gravely she walked beside him up the white streets of Havnor, holding his hand, like a child coming home.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

I read this just after finishing A Wizard of Earthsea.

A shorter form of this novel was published in "Worlds of Fantasy" magazine in 1970-71.

Extract not on file

Added: 31-Jan-2015

Last Updated: 26-Apr-2022

01-Jan-1973

Bantam Books

Paperback A

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1973

Format:

Paperback A

Cover Price:

$1.75

Pages*:

146

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1542

Publisher:

Bantam Books

ISBN:

0-553-10132-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-10132-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Gail Garraty - Illustrator

Arha, the maiden priestess...
Ged, the young wizard...

They took away everything. Home, family, possessions. They gave her a name. Arha, the Eaten One. They dedicated her life as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Power of the Earth. And set her down at the Place of the Tombs in the desert ot Atuan. Then suddenly, a thief came to the dark, endless labyrinth of her kingdom, seeking the greatest treasure of the Tombs, the broken Ring of Erreth-Akbe. A young wizard, Ged...

The Earthsea Trilogy

This lovely trio of novels, a recognized classic of high fantasy, has been compared with Tolkien's Lord of the RIngs and C.S. Lewis's Narnia series. The present volume, The Tombs of Atuan, is the sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea, and is followed by The Farthest Shore.

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Author(s)

Ursula K Le Guin

Awards

1972

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