Unlocking the Air (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Magic or magicians, Hope, Reality, Small-town life
In her long and distinguished writing life, Ursula Le Guin has comfortably occupied the realms of outer and inner space, and the uncertain spaces between. Unlocking the Air: And Other Stories explores the extremes and vicissitudes of reality with masterful linguistic and imagistic control.
In each of the collection’s eighteen stories, the author establishes a free-floating milieu in which reality is loosened from parochial politics and prejudices. Le Guin frequently deconstructs the basic elements of short story form—plot, character, setting, point of view—turning...
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