Lavinia
core novel 2008 Lavinia
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (18,613 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| Page count | 279 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780151014248 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Lavinia
- Series: Lavinia (novel) core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2009: won; Confirmed directly via sfadb.com's own Locus Awards 2009 page (the accepted primary source for Locus lineage claims), and independently corroborated by Wikipedia's own Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel history page.
Notes
- From the series record (Lavinia (novel)): A fantastical retelling/expansion of Virgil's Aeneid narrated by Lavinia, a minor, almost wordless character in the original poem, who becomes aware of her own fictionality and speaks directly with the dying Virgil's ghost -- fantasy via that metafictional device, not merely a historical-fiction costume drama. Le Guin's final novel; standalone, no sequel. Registered per the single-work-by-LOTR-analogy convention. Confirmed separate continuity from Le Guin's other admitted universes, Earthsea and Annals of the Western Shore.
Sources
← Lavinia dossier · All universes
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