Fantasy

The Beginning Place

by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Description

A magical place across a creek provides sanctuary for two young people in flight from the banality of their daily lives, until their paradise turns into a hell on Earth that threatens to destroy them.

What it’s like

ThemePortal FantasyMysticalEtherealTransformation & Becoming

Awards

FinalistLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1981FinalistMythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature1981

Details

First published
February 6, 1980
Pages
240
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Tor Teen
Language
English
ISBN
9780765346254
Series
Standalone

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