Ursula K. Le Guin The Last Interview and Other Conversations edited and with an introduction by David Streitfeld

Ursula K. Le Guin The Last Interview 

and Other Conversations edited and with an introduction by  David Streitfeld remarks works, books, passions of this beloved science-fiction writer.

Le Guin in her life wrote  novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, essays, but she was also a translators, a critic; she worked in the field of children's books and young adults. She was a friendly person, and a political activist. She wrote her first story at 9 years. A story about the meeting of a man with elves. 

These interviews will touch every possible aspect of a writer's life.

Creative writing, inspirations, Lewis,Tolkien, their fantastic and magical world no one can forget, writer's blocks, unexistent in Le Guin's case, her writings, and the meaning of it "Science fiction allows a fiction writer to make up cultures, to invent—not only a new world, but a new culture" including family, passions. Once a journalist asked her if she would have been interested in writing a memoir but Le Guin replied: "Memoir? No. I’m like my father: I’m not interested in talking about who I was. I’m much more interested in finding out who I am."

In a speech Le Guin remarked her role in the society, launching an important message: "  For thirty years I’ve been saying, we are making the world uninhabitable, for God’s sake. For forty years! That, as of old, was the writer’s job, maybe his primary job. To show us the futures we didn’t want, and the futures we could have if we wanted...We can change our lives."

Highly recommended to everyone.

Anna Maria Polidori