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Eighteen tales, written from the early eighties to the mid-nineties, set forth in crystalline prose and with impeccable technique, collected from publications as varied as The New Yorker, Playboy, Harper's, Omni and small-press chapbooks.

This collection of mainstream stories is a stunning example of the virtuosity of the legendary Ursula K. Le Guin. Diffusing the traditional boundaries of realism, magical realism, and surrealism, Le Guin finds the detail that reveals the strange in everyday life, or the unexpected depths of an ordinary person.  They approach reality sometimes frontally, confrontationally, in daylight; sometimes deviously, by a back road in the dark; but they always approach it. These stories are explorations of the mysteries of name and time and ordinary living and ordinary pain. Written with wit, zest, and a passionate sense of human frailty and toughness, Unlocking the Air is superb fiction by a beloved storyteller at the height of her power. 

“Eavesdropping on these men and women recounting their hopes and dreams, their secrets, spiritual lives and romantic careers, watching the writer play deft tricks with narrative technique, such readers may suddenly discover or develop a taste for the light-handed sureness and the genuinely intriguing ideas that animate the best of Ursula K. Le Guin's fiction.”  -  Francine Prose, The New York Times

"Many, while of insignificant length, offer minutely observed scenes, views, and moments with an insight and compassion that few writers can match... Le Guin's restless intelligence takes her to work in genres from mainstream through fantasy and hard science fiction, while she is equally effective writing for children or adults: Whatever her audience, whatever her thoughts, she has few peers."  -  Kirkus Reviews

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<p><i>Eighteen tales,&nbsp;written from the early eighties to the mid-nineties, set forth in crystalline prose and with impeccable technique, collected from publications as varied as&nbsp;<b>The New Yorker</b>,&nbsp;<b>Playboy</b>,<b>&nbsp;Harper's</b>,&nbsp;<b>Omni</b>&nbsp;and small-press chapbooks.</i><br></p><p>This collection of mainstream stories is a stunning example of the virtuosity of the legendary&nbsp;<b><i>Ursula K. Le Guin</i></b>. Diffusing the traditional boundaries of realism, magical realism, and surrealism, Le Guin finds the detail that reveals the strange in everyday life, or the unexpected depths of an ordinary person.&nbsp; They approach reality sometimes frontally, confrontationally, in daylight; sometimes deviously, by a back road in the dark; but they always approach it. These stories are explorations of the mysteries of name and time and ordinary living and ordinary pain. Written with wit, zest, and a passionate sense of human frailty and toughness,&nbsp;<i>Unlocking the Air</i>&nbsp;is superb fiction by a beloved storyteller at the height of her power.&nbsp;</p><p><i>“Eavesdropping on these men and women recounting their hopes and dreams, their secrets, spiritual lives and romantic careers, watching the writer play deft tricks with narrative technique, such readers may suddenly discover or develop a taste for the light-handed sureness and the genuinely intriguing ideas that animate the best of Ursula K. Le Guin's fiction.”</i>&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Francine Prose, The New York Times</b><br></p><p><i>"Many, while of insignificant length, offer minutely observed scenes, views, and moments with an insight and compassion that few writers can match... Le Guin's restless intelligence takes her to work in genres from mainstream through fantasy and hard science fiction, while she is equally effective writing for children or adults: Whatever her audience, whatever her thoughts, she has few peers."</i>&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Kirkus Reviews</b></p>

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Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
Publication Year:1997
ISBN:60928034
Pages:207
Language:other
File Size:0.0872
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