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Kelimenin tam anlamıyla yatağımda durdum ve "aman Tanrım!" Diye bağırdım. kitabın sonunda büküldüğümde. Ben yere koyduktan sonra benimle kalan çarpıcı bir bitiş oldu ... Ne olursa olsun güzel anlatımı için bu hikayeyi çok isterdim, ama Elizabeth beni yenilikçi sonuyla yepyeni bir seviyeye taşıdı. Şiddetle tavsiye ederim.

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Lena Kennedy romanlarını seviyorum! Normalde kitap okumam, ancak bir gözden geçirenin dediği gibi "işiniz bittiğinde yeniden başlamayı istediğiniz türden bir kitap". Kitaplarını birkaç yıl önce okudum, ama bu yüzden hepsini bir gün sakladım.

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. Powers is the third and, in my opinion, the best of the Annals of the Western Shore novels. In this book, we meet Gavir, a slave in the City State of Etra. Gavir was born in the marshes but was stolen, along with his sister, by slavers and brought to Etra. He has the power to clearly remember things he has seen before and even some events that have not yet happened to him. This power is not uncommon in the marshes, but the people of Etra fear powers, so his sister tells him not to speak of it. His memory, however, is prized by the household who owns him and he is being trained to be the teacher of the households' children. He is well treated (except by another slave who holds a grudge against him), well educated, and happy. But things go awry and Gavir ends up on a journey in which he encounters different people, ideas, and cultures. And this is what Ursula Le Guin does so well. She makes us believe in these cultures, perhaps even admire them, and then, without explicitly telling us so, she show us that there are always negative sides to an apparently perfect society. And, without telling us to do it, she makes us think about such constructs as freedom, slavery, justice, leadership, work, loyalty, and education. We find ourselves asking some tough questions: What is the value of a slave's life? Is it better to be an educated, happy, and comfortable slave, or to be cold, hungry, ignorant, and free? Is true democracy possible? Or even desirable? What is the value of an education in a society or job that doesn't require it? Is ignorance bliss? Le Guin's Western Shore novels are books for those who want to think about our own world while they read. They're not escapist literature -- there aren't sword fights and dragons and quests for magic talismans. Instead, there are issues to think about and questions to ask .... but not necessarily answers. And this is all done, of course, in Le Guin's perfect polished prose. Each of the Western Shore novels stands alone, but the reader who reads them in order will appreciate them more because references are made to previously seen characters and societies. In some cases, we see characters and societies we experienced in one novel from a different perspective in another, and this adds to the complexity and depth of this world. I listened to this on audiobook and was impressed with the production. I recommend this format for the Western Shore novels. Read more Ursula Le Guin book reviews at Fantasy literature.

I gave this book a five-star rating. I read it when I was fourteen, my dad had a first edition paperwork (where is that book today?) and it profoundly effected my outlook on everything from that point forward. Kerouac chronicles, in his usual fantasy way (people have money but seem free from the trappings of earning it -- how do they live? We don't know save for Kerouac describing getting odd day jobs here and there). He aptly described the Beat generation that he was so much a part of and which shaped the social consciousness of the later Hippie movement. It caused me to question many assumptions I had grown up with -- that striving in a middle class capitalist rut was all there was to hope for in life. I began to think of living a Dharma life and understanding the meaning of what its all about. The book stimulated me to explore other beat writers, zen buddhism and to basically question the world around me. Kerouac's writing is quick, tireless and real, even if his characters seem at times to live a charmed life.

Though the characters disturb me, I could not help but find myself drawn into the lives of Frank Lloyd Wright and his mistress, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Nancy Horan has created a beautiful and mesmerizing character study, based off of a few lines in history. EDIT: Changed my rating because the poignancy of this novel will not leave me even years later.