Tehanu

Ursula K. Le Guin
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Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea

Bormgans
9/14/2020
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It's commonly known Le Guin wrote this book partly to rectify the gender imbalance in the initial trilogy, and in the fantasy genre in general. Indeed: wizards and mages are Men, and females with magical powers generally are foul witches or servile priestesses. The medieval setting of most fantasy stories is filled with patriarchy and Kings - nobody needs to be convinced of that. So yes, in today's parlance, Tehanu is woke - but not fully woke, as I'll try to explain.

Before I write a bit on the book's political issues, let me try to give an overall appraisal of Tehanu, without spoiling the first three books.

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Full review on Weighing A Pig

https://schicksalgemeinschaft.wordpress.com/2020/09/14/tehanu-ursula-le-guin-1990/