Ursula K. Le Guin, one of fantasy’s most celebrated writers, has penned a follow-up to her acclaimed novel “Gifts.” “Voices” is a haunting and deeply movie coming-of-age story in which a young woman discovers the power of story. In Ansul, a town that has been ravaged by the cruel and oppressive Alds, reading and writing are acts punishable by death. They believe that Oracle Hosue, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons. But to 27-year-old Memer, the house is a refuge and the only place where she feels truly safe. Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife Gry arriver, and everything in Memer’s life begins to change. (
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