Ursula Le Guin's Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
An Amazing Piece of Work!!:
I have to share this: Recently while weeding out my various collections and selling some, my Mother listed this book for me. I did not tell her it was fiction and after looking over and reading some of the book she decided to go online and get more information about the Kesh. She was convienced they had actually existed. Now, my Mom is an intellgent and informed woman -- The amazing job Ursula did in making the Kesh so REAL is astounding! This Book and Tape are definitly worth the time and money for ANYONE... more info
One of her best:
Ms. Le Guin is one of the foremost authors in America working across a broad spectrum of genres. This is one of her best works detailing a life in a culture that works with the land & the spirit. The rich details of this culture appear in the music, poetry, stories and art of the Kesh. These are a vibrant people who appeal on every level.
It's Hard to Know What I Think:
On the one hand, I agree with all the good things other reviewers have mentioned. On the other hand, I also agree with all the bad things. The cultures in the book struck me not so much as "simple" but as "simplistic." I think I was also really bothered by the lack of enough story to illuminate the practices of the society. The story parts were great. The poetry parts frequently drove me up the wall (true also of my reading of Tolkein). It was choppy, which made it difficult to read without the... more info
Deserves a Much Wider Audience:
Ursula LeGuin's Kafka Award winner and 1985 National Book Award runner-up is the deepest deep-ecology fiction I know of and my favorite novel. It's the only scifi book to earn such honors [her 1972 National Book Award for "The Farthest Shore" was in Childrens Books]. "Always Coming Home" is less a book about landscape than a book that inhabits a landscape. I've just finished my third reading in twenty years. True to her anthropological scifi themes, LeGuin creates the feeling of living in a very... more info
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