Voices

In "Voices," the second novel of the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy, Ursula K. Le Guin delivers a compelling coming-of-age tale set in the war-torn town of Ansul, where literacy is a crime and the Oracle House harbors the last remnants of knowledge. Seventeen-year-old Memer finds solace in the house amidst growing oppression until the arrival of poet Orrec and his wife, Gry, sparks a potential uprising. This gripping story weaves together themes of courage and the thirst for knowledge in a world shrouded in violence and intolerance.