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Ursula K. Le Guin, Ginger Clark: Lavinia (2008, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

288 pages

English language

Published Dec. 28, 2008 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:
978-0-15-603458-6
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3 stars (1 review)

6 editions

Historic fiction

3 stars

Having read other books of LeGuin, I recognize a certain love she weaves into her books - her main characters have something honorable, likable, proud, soft yet strong, worthy in them. This makes it a pleasant read, but i miss the richness of imagination present in her other books, as well as the excitement - the plot is fairly predictable. Understandable as this book is mainly an ode to the Aeneid and she had to limit her imagination to the frame setting of that world. A pleasant, interesting read nonetheless.

Subjects

  • Rome (italy), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, historical