It is incredibly well-written and a real treat for the imagination. The eagerly awaited second volume in the graphic novel adaptation of Philip Pullmans international bestseller The Golden Compass. 'Arguably the best juvenile fantasy novel of the past twenty years. The Golden Compass is the first book of the dust series by Philip Pullman. Dmons are the external physical manifestation of a person's 'inner-self' that takes the form of an. Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction ) Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine (148991) was one inspiration for Pullman's dmon 1 A dmon ( / dimn /) is a type of fictional being in the Philip Pullman fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.Ĭan one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.īut what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.Ī masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal-including her friend Roger.

Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and Newsweek hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes listeners to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach. HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!įeaturing an exclusive bonus interview between the author, Philip Pullman, and His Dark Materials star, Ruth Wilson.

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