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core novel 2006 Annals of the Western Shore
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (6,444 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 341 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152056780 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In an occupied country under the harsh rule of Alds invaders who forbid reading and regard books as evil, a girl named Memer has grown up secretly surrounded by suppressed literature hidden within her household, the Oracle House, where she serves as an assistant to its keeper. Her quiet, secretive existence changes when a pair of traveling storytellers arrive in the occupied city, and Memer gradually realizes they are Gry and Orrec, the protagonists whose own journey began in the earlier novel Gifts. Their arrival, and the political tensions simmering beneath the city's occupation, draw Memer into a role far more public and dangerous than the hidden library work she has known her whole life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Annals of the Western Shore
- Series: Annals of the Western Shore core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Notes
- From the series record (Annals of the Western Shore): A young-adult fantasy trilogy distinct from Le Guin's Earthsea -- shares no characters, setting, or continuity.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Annals of the Western Shore: position 2 of 3: previous Gifts (2004) · next Powers (2007)
Sources
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