12 Facts About Tehanu

Tehanu, initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K Le Guin, published by Atheneum in 1990.

Tehanu continues the stories of Tenar, the heroine of the second book of the Earthsea series The Tombs of Atuan, and Ged, the hero of the first book, A Wizard of Earthsea.

Tehanu begins slightly before the conclusion of the previous book in the series, The Farthest Shore, and provides some information about the life of Tenar after the end of The Tombs of Atuan.

Tehanu had rejected the option of life in aristocratic Havnor, and instead arrived on Gont.

Tehanu is brought a severely injured child, born of wandering vagabonds; the child's natural father had pushed her into a campfire and left her for dead.

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Tehanu instructs her to teach Therru, but his instructions are vague, and hint at her being more than she seems.

Tehanu accepts Tenar's offer to return to Oak Farm to manage things there in her absence and once more takes up life as a goatherd.

Kalessin addresses Therru by her true name Tehanu, calling her its own daughter, and asks her if she would like to leave with it, but she decides for now that she will stay with Tenar and Ged.

Tehanu is completely at sea and is described by Moss as having the emotions of a fifteen-year-old boy.

Tehanu relies on Tenar to work out a solution for him, and find somewhere for him to recover his sense of identity.

Tehanu uses the lens of everyday events and a strong anti-patriarchal viewpoint to not only explore the future of these two characters—and of Earthsea itself—but to reinterpret them.

Tehanu won the 1990 Nebula Award; this made Le Guin the first person to win three Nebula Awards for Best Novel.