Very Far Away from Anywhere Else

Ursula K. Le Guin

Atheneum, 1978 - Friendship - 87 pages

Seventeen-year-old Owen Griffiths learns to find his own way to a future in science through a friendship with a girl whose life is dedicated to music.

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User Review  - Maryll - Goodreads

Le Guin's writing is just so perceptive. Be forewarned, this book is all interior monologue. Nothing really "happens" and some readers could find this irritating and self-indulgent. But it's a book ...

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A children's literature professor recommended this book in a class I took years ago, and I wish I had read it then. At first, I compared it somewhat unfavorably to newer YA novels I've read, perhaps ...

Bibliographic information

• Title: Very Far Away from Anywhere Else
• Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
• Publisher: Atheneum, 1978
• ISBN: 0553110810, 9780553110814
• Length: 87 pages