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Ого!!! Я в приятном шоке! Когда я писала Урсуле Ле Гуин, я и не верила, что она мне ответит!! А тут действительно пришел ответ! Вот это да! Здорово!

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Дата: 24 Сен 2009 12:05:46
Тема: Ursula K. Le Guin "Omelas"



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Dear Alyona,

Below is the reply from author Ursula K. Le Guin
to your query.

All best wishes,
Christine

Christine Cohen
Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.
538 East Harford Street
P.O. Box 278
Milford, PA 18337


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Dear Alyona,

The city of Omelas is an invention, it does not
really exist, so it needed an equally imaginary
name. The point is, the name has no meaning in
any real language. Don't worry about it!

Yours truly,

Ursula K. Le Guin


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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Алена Кравчук" < [e-mail] < mailto:[e-mail]>>
> To: >
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:02 PM
> Subject: A question to Ursula K. Le Guin
>
>
> >
> > Dear Sir or Madam,
> >
> > I'm writing to you because I have a question to Mrs. Le Guin.
> > My name is Kravchuk Alyona and I'm a student of linguistics in Moscow
> > State University in Russia. This year I'm doing a course of American
> > litterature, and I have to do some research. I've chosen the novel by
> > Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" to analyze. And
> > I'm not quite sure about my understanding of it. I can't find the world
> > "Omelas" in any of my dictionaries. So, it probably means that I do not
> > understand something cultural behind it.
> > Could you please help me? Does the name of the town (Omelas) mean
> > something? If so, what exactly? And what cultural background should a
> > Russian student like me have to understand it? Because for a Russian it
> > sounds like "mistletoe" (in fact, it is the translation of the word:
> > "mistletoe" is "omela" in Russian).
> > Thank you very much in advance.
> >
> > Yours faithfully,
> > Alyona


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