The Book Show, ABC Australia, interviews UKL. Transcript and audio. [Offsite link]
“Le Guin resists the urge
to pass
judgment, letting the story tell itself. Her narrator’s
empathy and
tolerance not only make her a compelling character. They
also illuminate
what is best in The Aeneid, offering us a fresh
perspective on our
leading epic of how the West was won.”
— Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
[complete review]
“Lavinia has no feminist ax to grind, but immortality has
given her a lot
of time to think and she wants to set the record straight.”
— Susan Balée, Philadelphia Inquirer
[complete review]
“...devotees and new readers
alike have an
immensely important work — perhaps the masterwork of her
career — to
revel in.”
— Victoria A. Brownworth, Baltimore Sun.
[complete review]
“...the inspired novelist has turned back toward the past — or, to be precise, poetry and myth about the past, because Lavinia is a literary rather than a historical figure — and written one of the finest novels she has ever made....’”
— Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune.
[complete review]
“Le Guin recasts this story with primal vigor and spare but powerful language.”
— Barbara McMichael, The Olympian Online
[complete review]
 “...deserves to be ranked with Robert Graves’s I, Claudius.”
—Publishers Weekly starred review
[complete review]
 “...a love offering to one of the
world’s great poets...”
—Library Journal starred review
 “Arguably her best novel...”
— Kirkus starred review
“...ripe with that half-remembered virtue, wisdom...”
— Laura Miller, Salon.com.
[complete review]
“Ursula Le Guin's delightful new novel...”
— Alan Cheuse for “All Things Considered”
[complete review — Text or audio]
“In simple, stately prose that does no violence to Vergil’s
work, Le Guin presents the rough, unpretentious dignity of
the ancient pagans.”
— Eve Ottenberg, The Washington Post.
[complete review]
“...an absorbing, reverent, magnificent story, one I will
be pressing upon my friends all year.”
— Karen Long, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
[complete review]
“Everywhere Le Guin catches the rhythms of the great epic, echoes them, riffs. In a way, this is a jazzy book, playing in odd syncopation with a massive canonical work.”
— LA Times Calendar Online
[more]
“Ursula K. Le Guin’s brilliant new novel...”
— Portland Oregonian
[more]
“...compulsively
readable... a winning combination of
history and mythology....”
— Booklist
[more]
“Ursula Le Guin Champions Vergil’s Neglected Heroine.”
— Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor
[complete review]
“A Princess Seeking a Voice.”
— Cynthia Crossen; interview & review, The Wall Street Journal.
[complete article]
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