A Wizard of Earthsea

　　弓忒島的牧童達尼天生擁有法力天賦，渴望讓智識和法藝更上層樓。他選擇離開沈靜的森林故鄉，前往傳奇的巫師學院大展抱負。為了證明自己的實力，他當眾召喚亡靈──卻鑄下大錯。夢魘緊追著他到冰天雪地和杳無人煙之處；太古的邪惡想誘惑他，旅途中充滿未可知的變數。他該如何彌補當年的過錯？



　　從牧童達尼到地海大法師格得的成長蛻變之路，每一段過程都在召喚我們對自我、對他人、對這世界的種種體會。地海故事的感染力讓人在閱讀中彷彿呼吸著地海氣息，而整個地海世界，正是真實生命中萬事萬物的觀照和反映。



　　．1969年波士頓全球號角書獎‧1979年路易斯．卡洛書架獎．1971年紐伯瑞銀帶獎．1972年美國國家書卷獎童書獎．1990年星雲小說獎．2002年軌跡獎最佳選集與最佳中篇小說．世界奇幻獎



媒體推薦



　　娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩是我最喜歡的女作家之一。──村上春樹



　　想像力豐富，風格上乘，超越托爾金，更遠勝多麗絲．萊辛。勒瑰恩在當代奇幻與科幻文學界中，實已樹立無人可及的範例。──哈洛．卜倫



　　娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩在這部優異的三部曲中創造了龍與魔法的「地海世界」，已然取代托爾金的「中土」，成為異世界冒險的最佳場所。──倫敦週日時報



　　一如所有偉大的小說家，娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩創造的幻想世界重建了我們自身，是放了心靈。──波士頓全球報



　　她的人物複雜，令人難忘；文筆以堅韌優雅著稱。──時代雜誌



　　美國圖書館協會推薦好書、美國亞馬遜網路書店2000年奇幻文學必讀榜首



　　---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《地海巫師》，木馬文化出版

The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin’s must-read Earthsea Cycle. ＂The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream.＂ (Neil Gaiman)

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.

This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death’s threshold to restore the balance.

With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings--but also unlike anything but themselves--Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. They have received accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.

Join the millions of fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As The Guardian put it: ＂Ursula Le Guin’s world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny islands cast on a vast sea. The islands’ names pull at my heart like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . .＂

The Earthsea Cycle includes:

A Wizard of EarthseaThe Tombs of AtuanThe Farthest ShoreTehanuTales from EarthseaThe Other Wind

作者簡介

娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩（Ursula K. Le Guin）

　　美國重要奇幻科幻、女性主義文學作家，1929年生。父親Alfred Kroeber是人類學家，母親Theodora Kroeber是心理學家暨作家，出身書香世家的她，從小便受到多元文化觀的洗禮。著有長篇小說20餘部、短篇小說集10本、詩集7本、評論集4本、童書10餘本；並編纂文選與從事翻譯，包括將老子《道德經》譯成英文。曾獲美國國家書卷獎、號角書獎、紐伯瑞獎、世界奇幻獎、軌跡獎、星雲獎、雨果獎、小詹姆斯．提普翠獎、卡夫卡獎、普須卡獎……等，以及SFWA大師、洛杉磯時報Robert Kirsch終生成就獎等榮譽。

　　她的奇幻成長小說系列「地海六部曲」與「魔戒」、「納尼亞傳奇」並列奇幻經典，科幻小說《黑暗的左手》、《一無所有》等也是科幻迷心目中永遠的傑作。小說探討的議題，從自我成長與認同，到社會制度探討與性別問題，都鞭辟入裡，在優美恬澹的敘事風格中予人寬廣深沈的省思空間。西洋文學評論家哈洛．卜倫將她列為美國經典作家之列，日本作家村上春樹也是她的書迷。

　　---作者中文簡介擷取自中譯本《地海巫師》，木馬文化出版

　　Ursula K. Le Guin is the first author to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards twice. Her novels include Rocannon’s World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions, and The Dispossessed. Born in Berkeley, California, in 1929, Le Guin lives in Portland, Oregon.