I first encountered the work of Ursula K.

Le Guin – Worlds of Exile and Illusion Worlds of Exile and Illusion By Ursula K. What she really does is write fables: splendidly intricate and hugely imaginative tales about such mundane concerns as life, death, love, and sex.' - Newsweek 'Idiosyncratic and convincing, Le Guin's characters have a long afterlife.Ursula K.

and while science fiction techniques often buttress her stories they rarely take them over. and nearly always provocative.' - The Washington Post 'Her worlds are haunting psychological visions molded with firm artistry.' - The Library Journal 'Her characters are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy grace.' - Time 'Ursula Le Guin can lift fiction to the level of poetry and compress it to the density of allegory.' -Jonathan Lethem 'If you want excess and risk and intelligence, try Le Guin.' - The San Francisco Chronicle 'She wields her pen with a moral and psychological sophistication rarely seen. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own.' - The Boston Globe 'Queen of the realm of fantasy.'- Washington Post 'Eloquent, elegant. Le Guin: 'Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself.'-Zadie Smith 'Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. What she really does is write fables: splendidly intricate and hugely imaginative tales about such mundane concerns as life, death, love, and sex.' - Newsweek 'Idiosyncratic and convincing, Le Guin's characters have a long afterlife.' - Publishers Weekly, Praise for Ursula K.

Jemisin 'Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself.'-Zadie Smith 'Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. A literary icon.' -Stephen King 'Le Guin is one of the writers who taught me that beauty and fearlessness go hand in hand.' -N.K.

Worlds of exile and illusion