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Ursula K. Le Guin
Friday, July 03, 2009
Novelist Ursula K. Le Guin's latest book Lavinia gives voice to a character who gets a very brief mention in Virgil's "Aeneid." The story follows Lavinia as she grows up in ancient Rome and is eventually confronted by a fleet of Trojan ships.
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Dear Ms. LeGuin, I loved LAVINIA, I have loved all of your beautiful books and stories. LAVINIA is such a poignant romance, and a cutting story of human folly. It is also a treat to hear you speak as a down to earth person, and not a flakey sci fi fantasy stereotype. (not that that exists in reality).
And as a bonus, reading LAVINIA made me want to re visit the Aeneiad I wallowed in years ago high school.
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