The Other Wind — Ursula K. Le Guin

"A superb novel-length addition to the Earthsea universe, one that, once again, turns that entire series on its head. Alder,; the man who unwittingly initiates the transformation of Earthsea, is a humble sorcerer who specializes in fixing broken pots and repairing fence lines, but when his beloved wife, Lily, dies, he is inconsolable. He begins to dream of the land of the dead and sees both Lily and other shades reaching out to him across the low stone wall that separates them from the land of the living. In her new novel, Le Guin reconsiders the relationship between magic and something even more basic: life and death itself."
--Publishers Weekly