The Shadow of Ged's Death

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Ged eats his shadow creature and reunites with his sense of self. He realizes that if it's part of himself, he just uses his name on it. The book is a very like personal story without having the fate of the world necessarily be in the balance in the background. For such a short book, he like scenes end with him passing out due to exertion or injury then waking up being cared for by someone else.

Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? If you're a wizard of Earthsea, you can make it smell however you want if you know it's TRUE name. LeGuin's beloved fantasy novel is notable for how it plays both against and into common fantasy tropes, delivering a proper hero's journey without the same Sturm und Drang we've come to expect in the genre.

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