Gollancz The Other Wind: The Sixth Book of Earthsea

Another amazing book from Ursula Le Guin! She is truly a genius in creating this world! I just love it!

If you are like me; buying all the mass market paperbacks of this wonderful series, because you love the covers and want the books all to be in the same size: think again. They don’t come in the same size. A bit of a dissapointment

The Earthsea series is one of the most absorbing and finely crafted works of fantasy .The sixth book and probably the last one brings things together in a satisfying way. The focus shifts from Ged to the other characters especially the women. The first two books were the best,in my opinion but all the books are worth reading. Unlike other fantasy writers Le Guin does not have endless, meandering stories. Every book is short and can be read alone.

The Other Wind 翻訳の「ゲド戦記」では5巻めの「アースシーの風」に当たる本書、翻訳の方を1，2，3，4巻と読んできて、原作を読みたくなったので手にしました。4巻分を翻訳で読んでるから、基本的な設定、人名、地名、魔法使いとかまじない師とかの専門用語（？）のこのシリーズでの使われ方を知っているのでなんとか読めました。それに最後のなぞ解きの部分なので途中ではやめられなかったなあ。この本の大きなテーマ、「竜と人間は昔ひとつのものだった」というのがすごいアイデアというか思想だなと思います。興味のある人は1巻のへたれのゲドを我慢して読み進んでみてください。私にとって「ゲド戦記」と呼ばれるこのシリーズの主役はテナーです。テナーは2巻でアチュアンからゲドが連れ出した巫女さんです。そのあと普通に結婚して子供を産んで、後家さんになったら、虐待された「テルーの歌」のテルー本名テハヌーを養女にしました。この人に一番感情移入できました。大方の人はそうなると思います。 The Other Wind

"The Other Wind" is Le Guin's last book of the Eartsea cycle so far and actually, in my opinion, a worthy end of an era of the interesting adventures in Earthsea. In this book Therru, who we left behind in "Tehanu" as a little child is now grown up. Ged is old and is fully healed from his wounds and grief. The change that got hold of Earthsea is going even further in "The Other Wind". Plus, you get a little more insight in the world of Earthsea.If you liked "Tehanu", as well as "Tales from Earthsea", you will probably like "The Other Wind" too. Le Guin fits a new adventure, a huge change and dragons in this small book and it's really impressive how she does all that. I guess it is needless to say, but I like to add it anyway, that Ursula K Le Guin is truly a master of language and of course the art of writing. In Earthsea words are important and she knows how to use them. :')