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The Tombs of Atuan
- The Second Book of Earthsea
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her - home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan.
Then a wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Tenar's duty is to protect the ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known. Will Tenar risk everything to escape from the darkness that has become her domain?
Critic reviews
"[This] trilogy made me look at the world in a new way, imbued everything with a magic that was so much deeper than the magic I'd encountered before then. This was a magic of words, a magic of true speaking." (Neil Gaiman)
"Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it." (David Mitchell)
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- Tony
- 09-09-21
loved it
a satisfyingly complete story, no bits left dangling, no awkward bits glossed over. Aysha Kala's narration is excellent and a pleasure to listen to.
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- JulesForNow
- 26-03-21
Simply A Beautiful Tale
Mesmerising. Where have you been all my life? Apparently I need fifteen words for a review. So there you go.
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- Dean Teasdale
- 28-06-23
My favourite
My favourite of the Earthsea books, always find myself coming back to it, excellent reading 🙂
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- Greg Walker
- 28-07-21
superb
excellent in every department! Cant get tge next one soon enough Better naration thsn the first book!
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- Ashley
- 17-07-23
Great story, well told
The story is a classic; poised and masterly. Leaving a lot up to the reader to consider and ponder on. The narrator was great - captured the main character’s complex motives beautifully.
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- Bartek S.
- 31-08-21
amazing read. great book. great fun
narrator was amazing. she could really impersonate Tenar really good. Ged voice was bit female but that's ok
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- Tshop
- 24-02-21
Simply fantastic
Le Guin is an unfailingly brilliant writer and Aysha reads this one so well.
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- 14-12-20
Like others I found the narration jarring
I love the books and this narrator has a nice tone but I just couldn't enjoy Ged with an inner city accent. Neutral would have been fine or if he's a village lad a county UK accent would do too but as it was very distracting all the way though.
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- Mara
- 30-04-23
A wonderful book
I disagree with some other reviews- I loved the voice actress, and I love this book as much as the first one. It sets the world beautifully, and doesn't follow the path of most fantasy books. It made me feel so many emotions, and the language flows beautifully. It's sometimes difficult to listen to one of your favourite books in audio format, but I think the reader did a wonderful job and it had the same feel as when I read it in paper format.
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- ncinci
- 29-10-19
I love Le Guin - the voice just didn't fit to me.
I love Le Guin and have read the Earthsea series many times. The readers voice when in the characters of the Priestess and Wizard just didn't fit to me -but as a narrator she did build atmosphere.
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