Her interest in non-Western philosophies was reflected in works such as "Solitude" and The Telling but even more interesting are her imagined societies, often mixing traits extracted from her profound knowledge of anthropology acquired from growing up with her father, the famous anthropologist, Alfred Kroeber.
She was known for her treatment of gender ( The Left Hand of Darkness, The Matter of Seggri), political systems ( The Telling, The Dispossessed) and difference/otherness in any other form. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, an essay collection, Cheek by Jowl, and The Wild Girls. Le Guin published twenty-two novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Ursula K. Marilyn Iarusso, New York Public LibraryĬopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. A handsome little book for middle readers. The illustrations are engaging pen-and-ink drawings with watercolor wash. This gently appealing story will mean more to those who enjoyed the more vigorous first book, but it is hard to resist a story that brings a terrified, lonely kitten home to a loving family. Although characterization is slight, there is enough to win readers' sympathy.
Jane's decision, in the first book, to send her older children off to a new life so that she could begin a new liaison unfettered, but it seems in character. This may grate on those who criticized as unfeeling Mrs.
She insists that they take the kitten to safety in the country. She is delighted to see her grown children and grateful that they've brought back her lost kitten. They find a frightened winged kitten before finding their mother, the genteel Mrs. Grade 2-4- James and Harriet, the youngest and most adventurous of four winged cats, return from the country refuge that they found in Catwings (Orchard, 1988) to the inner-city slum where they were born, to see their mother again.
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