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'''''Always Coming Home''''' is a 1985 novel by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], focusing on the character [[Stone Telling]] and her life with the [[Kesh]] and her experiences in a nearby patriarchal culture (the Condor people, aka the Dayao); and focusing perhaps even more on the culture of the Kesh. | '''''Always Coming Home''''' is a 1985 novel by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], focusing on the character [[Stone Telling]] and her life with the [[Kesh]] and her experiences in a nearby patriarchal culture (the Condor people, aka the Dayao); and focusing perhaps even more on the culture of the Kesh. | ||
The book contains a significant amount of cultural lore and essays on Kesh culture, and notes from [[Pandora (Le Guin character)|Pandora]]. | The book contains a significant amount of cultural lore and essays on Kesh culture, and notes from [[Pandora (Le Guin character)|Pandora]]. Some editions were published with a cassette audio recording of "Songs and Poetry of the Kesh", performed by Todd Barton; the book contains illustrations by Margaret Chodos. Always Coming Home was adapted for the theater at Naropa University in 1993 by [[Ruth Davis-Fyer]], with music composed and directed by Brian Mac Ian. | ||
==Recognition== | ==Recognition== | ||
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==Editions== | ==Editions== | ||
* | * Box with book and cassette audio recording | ||
* ISBN 0-06-015456-X, | ** ISBN 0-06-015456-X (1985 trade paperback) | ||
** ISBN 0-06-015545-0 (1985 hardcover) | |||
** ISBN 0-575-03860-8 (1986 hardcover, UK edition) | |||
* Hardcover/paperback editions | |||
** ISBN 0-553-26280-7 (1986, paperback) | |||
** ISBN 0-575-03855-1 (1986, hardcover, UK edition) | |||
** ISBN 0-553-26280-7 (1987, paperback) | |||
** ISBN 0-586-07383-3 (1988, trade paperback, UK edition) | |||
** ISBN 5-552-89803-6 (1991, paperback) | |||
** ISBN 0-00-647595-7 (1993, trade paperback, UK edition) | |||
** ISBN 0-520-22735-2 (2001, trade paperback) | |||
* 1993: theatrical adaptation | * 1993: theatrical adaptation | ||
[[Category:1985 publications]] | [[Category:1985 publications]] | ||
[[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
Revision as of 01:00, 18 May 2007
Always Coming Home is a 1985 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, focusing on the character Stone Telling and her life with the Kesh and her experiences in a nearby patriarchal culture (the Condor people, aka the Dayao); and focusing perhaps even more on the culture of the Kesh.
The book contains a significant amount of cultural lore and essays on Kesh culture, and notes from Pandora. Some editions were published with a cassette audio recording of "Songs and Poetry of the Kesh", performed by Todd Barton; the book contains illustrations by Margaret Chodos. Always Coming Home was adapted for the theater at Naropa University in 1993 by Ruth Davis-Fyer, with music composed and directed by Brian Mac Ian.
Recognition
- Kafka Award
Resources
- study guide for ACH
Editions
- Box with book and cassette audio recording
- ISBN 0-06-015456-X (1985 trade paperback)
- ISBN 0-06-015545-0 (1985 hardcover)
- ISBN 0-575-03860-8 (1986 hardcover, UK edition)
- Hardcover/paperback editions
- ISBN 0-553-26280-7 (1986, paperback)
- ISBN 0-575-03855-1 (1986, hardcover, UK edition)
- ISBN 0-553-26280-7 (1987, paperback)
- ISBN 0-586-07383-3 (1988, trade paperback, UK edition)
- ISBN 5-552-89803-6 (1991, paperback)
- ISBN 0-00-647595-7 (1993, trade paperback, UK edition)
- ISBN 0-520-22735-2 (2001, trade paperback)
- 1993: theatrical adaptation