Always Coming Home | Characters
In a real sense the main character of the book is not an individual but a society, for Le Guin gives considerably more attention to her account of the Kesh culture than to any one character. There are, however, some major characters.
Stone Telling's account of her own life occupies about one-fifth of this long book. As a child, she lives among the Kesh, her mother's people; but she becomes restless and decides to join the Condor, among whom her father dwells. Her movement through life is reflected in her name changes. Stone Telling is her name as retrospective narrator. She...
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