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''Gifts'' is set in the Uplands of the fictional universe of the ''[[Annals of the Western Shore]]''.<ref name=Tor>{{cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2009/04/29/a-new-island-of-stability-ursula-le-guins-annals-of-the-western-shore/ |title=A new island of stability: Ursula Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore |publisher=[[Tor.com ]]|date=2009-04-29 |accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref><ref name=kirkus>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ursula-k-le-guin/gifts-3/|website=Kirkus Reviews|date=1 March 2006|title=''Gifts'' by Ursula K. Le Guin|accessdate=16 April 2017}}</ref> The civilization of this world was settled by people from across a desert to the east of the regions depicted in the series. The civilization consists of a number of [[city state]]s, as well as some nomads on the borders of the desert. The Uplands are in the far north of this region, in a poverty-stricken area isolated from the rest of the world.<ref name=Tor/> The Uplands are divided into a number of domains, each held by a "brantor", or leader. These leaders have powerful magical gifts, which are hereditary, and which are used to protect their domains, as well as for other purposes.{{sfn|Lindow|2006|p=447}}<ref name=PW>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-15-205123-5 |title=Children's Book Review: GIFTS by Ursula K. Le Guin|publisher=Publishersweekly.com |date=2004-07-19 |accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref> The narrator Orrec is from the domain of Caspromant, where the hereditary gift is the power of "unmaking"; his friend Gry is from the neighboring domain of Roddmant, and her lineage has the ability to call animals.{{sfn|Lindow|2006|p=447}}<ref name=PW/> |
''Gifts'' is set in the Uplands of the fictional universe of the ''[[Annals of the Western Shore]]''.<ref name=Tor>{{cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2009/04/29/a-new-island-of-stability-ursula-le-guins-annals-of-the-western-shore/ |title=A new island of stability: Ursula Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore |publisher=[[Tor.com ]]|date=2009-04-29 |accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref><ref name=kirkus>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ursula-k-le-guin/gifts-3/|website=Kirkus Reviews|date=1 March 2006|title=''Gifts'' by Ursula K. Le Guin|accessdate=16 April 2017}}</ref> The civilization of this world was settled by people from across a desert to the east of the regions depicted in the series. The civilization consists of a number of [[city state]]s, as well as some nomads on the borders of the desert. The Uplands are in the far north of this region, in a poverty-stricken area isolated from the rest of the world.<ref name=Tor/> The Uplands are divided into a number of domains, each held by a "brantor", or leader. These leaders have powerful magical gifts, which are hereditary, and which are used to protect their domains, as well as for other purposes.{{sfn|Lindow|2006|p=447}}<ref name=PW>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-15-205123-5 |title=Children's Book Review: GIFTS by Ursula K. Le Guin|publisher=Publishersweekly.com |date=2004-07-19 |accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref> The narrator Orrec is from the domain of Caspromant, where the hereditary gift is the power of "unmaking", which can kill or destroy at a glance; his friend Gry is from the neighboring domain of Roddmant, and her lineage has the ability to call animals.{{sfn|Lindow|2006|p=447}}<ref name=PW/><ref name=kirkus/> The society they live in has no laws or government, and its culture is shaped by feuds and battles between lineages and the alliances made to further these feuds:{{sfn|Lindow|2006|p=447}} violence is thus endemic to the region.<ref name="Marek">{{cite journal|last1=Oziewicz|first1=Marek C.|title=Restorative Justice Scripts in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Voices|journal=Children’s Literature in Education|date=2011|volume=42`|pages=33-43|doi=10.1007/s10583-010-9118-8}}</ref> |
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==Plot summary== |
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| Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Annals of the Western Shore |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Harcourt[1] |
Publication date | 1 September 2004 |
| Pages | 274 |
| ISBN | 9780152051235 |
| Followed by | Voices |
Gifts (2004) is the first book in the trilogy Annals of the Western Shore, a young adult series by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is followed in the series by Voices. Gifts won the PEN Center USA 2005 Children's literature award.[2]
Setting
Gifts is set in the Uplands of the fictional universe of the Annals of the Western Shore.[5][6] The civilization of this world was settled by people from across a desert to the east of the regions depicted in the series. The civilization consists of a number of city states, as well as some nomads on the borders of the desert. The Uplands are in the far north of this region, in a poverty-stricken area isolated from the rest of the world.[5] The Uplands are divided into a number of domains, each held by a "brantor", or leader. These leaders have powerful magical gifts, which are hereditary, and which are used to protect their domains, as well as for other purposes.[7][8] The narrator Orrec is from the domain of Caspromant, where the hereditary gift is the power of "unmaking", which can kill or destroy at a glance; his friend Gry is from the neighboring domain of Roddmant, and her lineage has the ability to call animals.[7][8][6] The society they live in has no laws or government, and its culture is shaped by feuds and battles between lineages and the alliances made to further these feuds:[7] violence is thus endemic to the region.[9]
Plot summary
Gifts centers on two young people, Gry and Orrec, who struggle to come to terms with inherent psychic abilities. They live in a poor, mountainous, and culturally backward region, famous for its "witches" and wonder-workers. Gry is a girl who can communicate with animals; she refuses to use her gift to aid hunters, which sets her apart from many in her culture, including her own mother. Orrec is a boy whose supposed gift of "unmaking" is apparently so dangerous that he voluntarily goes through life blindfolded, to avoid causing destruction. The story reveals how Orrec and Gry cope with their gifts, and eventually leave their mountainous home for the wider world.[6]
Main characters
Publication and reception
Themes
References
Notes
- ^ Le Guin, Ursula K. (2004). Gifts. Harcourt. ISBN 9781842551073.
- ^ "2005 Literary Awards Winners, PEN Center USA". 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2005.
- ^ "Index of information on the Annals of the Western Shore: Gifts, Voices, Powers". Ursula K. Le Guin. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ a b "A new island of stability: Ursula Le Guin's Annals of the Western Shore". Tor.com . 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ a b c "Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin". Kirkus Reviews. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Lindow 2006, p. 447.
- ^ a b "Children's Book Review: GIFTS by Ursula K. Le Guin". Publishersweekly.com. 2004-07-19. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ Oziewicz, Marek C. (2011). "Restorative Justice Scripts in Ursula K. Le Guin's Voices". Children’s Literature in Education. 42`: 33–43. doi:10.1007/s10583-010-9118-8.
Sources
- Cadden, Mike (2006). "Taking Different Roads to the City: The Development of Ursula K. Le Guin's Young Adult Novels". Extrapolation. 47 (3).
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Le Guin, Ursula K. (2015). Gifts. Hachette. ISBN 9781473206007.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Lindow, Sandra J. (2006). "Wild Gifts: Anger management and moral development in the fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin and Maurice Sendak". 47 (3).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Rochelle, Warren G. (2006). "Choosing to be Human: American romantic/pragmatic rhetoric in Ursula K. Le Guin's teaching novel, Gifts". Extrapolation. 48 (1).
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