num_pages: 274
description: Orrec is the son of the Brantor of Caspromant; Gry the daughter of the Brantors of Barre and Rodd. They have grown up together in neighbouring domains, running half-wild across the Uplands. The people of the domains are like their land: harsh and fierce and prideful; ever at war with each other, raiding cattle, capturing serfs, enlarging their holdings. It is only the gifts that keep a fragile peace. The gifts are powers, running from father to son and from mother to daughter. The Barre can call animals. The women of Cordemant can blind or make deaf, or take away speech. Brantor Ogge of Drummant has the gift of slow wasting. But the Caspro gift is both best and worst: it is the gift of undoing.Gry's gift runs true, but she will not use it to call animals for the hunt. Orrec too has a problem, for his gift of undoing is wild: he cannot control it - and that is the most dangerous gift of all...Gifts is Ursula Le Guin at her best: an exciting, moving story beautifully told.
language: English
title: Gifts
titlecomplete: Gifts (Annals of the Western Shore, #1)
characters: Canoc, Melle Aulitta, Gry, Orrec
genres: Magic, Science Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy
ratings_count: 10180
series: Annals of the Western Shore
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: PEN Center USA Literary Award
publisher: Orion Children's Books