Beginning Place

by Le Guin, Ursula K

The Beginning Place is a short novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1980. It was subsequently published under the title Threshold in 1986. The novel does not belong to any of the cycles for which Le Guin is well known. The story's genre is a mixture of realism and fantasy literature. The novel's epigraph "What river is this through which the Ganges flows?" is quoted from Jorge Luis Borges who is known for his works of magical realism.

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THE BEGINNING PLACE

by Le Guin, Ursula K.

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1980
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1980
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New York: Bantam Book, 1981. "Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"--a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight." Some mild wear and soil, pages a bit browned. 4.25 x 7 with 183 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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1980
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by Ursula K. Le Guin

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HarperCollins. Collectible - Very Good. SIGNED! New York: Harper & Row, 1980. 1st edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 183pp. Signed by author on customized label affixed to title page. Near Fine book. Very Good dust jacket. Review copy card laid in. Small "signed/first edition" label on spine. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and… Read more about this item
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New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Le Guin on the half-title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly rubbed and soiled, a few lines of soiling. Quarter brown cloth with orange paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, a few light stains at the… Read more about this item
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The Beginning Place-A Novel by Ursula K. Leguin, published by Harper & Row copyright 1980. Hardback 183 page book is quite clean and in near new condition with very good+ dust jacket in a Brodart protector-nice looking book. NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY!
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THE BEGINNING PLACE

by Le Guin, Ursula K.

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NY: Harper & Row, 1980 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. FINE in a Near Fine Dustjacket. SIGNED by Author. 183 pages, boards. Two young people meet in a magic world over the threshold from the everyday world where they grew up, in a refuge that becomes horrific..
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by Le Guin, Ursula K.

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1980
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Harpercollins. As New in As New dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 006012573X . Very nice copy with dustjacket; 8.4 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 183 pages .
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The Beginning Place

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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1980
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