Earthsea Quartet

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback. A Penguin Classic. Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition. For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin’s iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design first created in 1935 while french flaps high-quality paper and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today.East of Eden The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes the mystery of identity the inexplicability of love and the murderous consequences of love’s absence.|Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkley California in 1929 daughter of the writer Theodora Krober and the anthropologist Alfred Krober. Her published work includes twenty-one novels eleven volumes of short stories three collections of essays twelve books for children six volumes of poetry and four of translation. The Earthsea books have been translated into many languages around the world and are global bestsellers.|Rowling can type but Le Guin can write|Composed sparely shaped by narratives so basic they must be inscribed upon our cells they read as if they were not written but found dug out like jewels from rock|A writer of phenomenal power|Discover the late Ursula Le Guin's passionate and enthralling story of a young boy sent to a school of wizardry to learn the ways of magic in the opening quartet of the Earthsea story.'One of the literary greats' Margaret Atwood'The deepest and smartest of writers. Her words are always with us. Some of them are written on my soul' Neil GaimanA Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * TehanuGed is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician. And it is as the Archmage Sparrowhawk that he helps the High Priestess Tenar escape the labyrinth of darkness. But over the years Ged witnesses true magic and the ancient ways submit to the forces of evil and death. Will he too succumb or can he hold them back?'Superb. One of literature's best-written fantasy worlds. I adored A Wizard of Earthsea which I read and reread until my ratty old paperback copy required emergency surgery. Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell'One of the greats. A literary icon' Stephen King'A colossus of literature a trailblazer' China MievillePreviously titled The Earthsea Quartet.