Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (Paperback)

from ARQuay

Ursula K. Le Guin's sweet, honest novella Very Far Away from Anywhere Else was originally published in 1977 but thankfully received a reprint in 2004. With luck this will hopefully mean that a new audience of young adults will have the chance to meet Le Guin's Owen, a teenage misfit edging ever c...

from ajlewis2

An absolutely wonderful story told with such insight and by someone who so obviously knew the meaning and power of love. It's a short read with no extra filler that kept me glued to it. I highly recommend it to anyone.

from jdanforth

This book changed my life as a late teenager. The clarity (typical for UKLeG) with which the author portrays the compulsion, fear, joy, and paralysis of both human love and human striving for excellence allowed me to see myself in new ways. I can't think of another book involving a romance where ...

from james.d.gifford

This is a delightful, short novella, and very clever. The language is aimed at a young adult readership, and some of the phrasing (“neat”) may not have aged as well as it could, which is inevitable, but it would still appeal to the same readers, i think, as well as to adults. Like much of Le Guin...

from kiwikowalski

This is one of my favorite books of all time. I initially picked it up because of its interesting title, wondering what it could possibly be about, but I was grabbed by the first few lines. I fell in love with the opening paragraph, and it was all uphill from there. It is a story that any young p...