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On the High Marsh

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published May 2001
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Earthsea › Earthsea Cycle

Synopsis

Gift lives a little away from her village. One day a stranger walks in, in need of food and shelter. As the cattle needs a healer, and he has that talent, he stays for a while. But there are questions about his past and even his name, and quarrels when the local healer drops by.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Runner-up

Publications (16)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 2001 Tales from Earthsea Harcourt Collection 163
October 2001 Tales from Earthsea & The Other Wind Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 127
May 2002 Tales from Earthsea Ace Books Collection 173
October 2002 Tales from Earthsea Orion Children's Books Collection
November 2003 Tales from Earthsea Ace Books Collection 173
November 2003 Tales from Earthsea Orion Collection 163
September 2012 Tales from Earthsea Graphia Collection
September 2012 Tales from Earthsea Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Collection 199
September 2012 Tales from Earthsea Graphia Collection
August 2016 Tales from Earthsea Recorded Books Collection |5
October 2016 The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Collection 591
October 2016 The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Collection
November 2016 The Found and the Lost Recorded Books Collection |591
November 2017 The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Collection
2023 Tales from Earthsea The Folio Society Collection 179|5
May 2023 Tales from Earthsea Gollancz Collection 212