Here is the highly anticipated second installment of Philip Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy, begun with the critically acclaimed The Golden Compass. Lyra and Will, her newfound friend, tumble separately into the strange tropical otherworld of Citt?gazze, "the city of magpies," where adults are curiou
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials
β Scribed by Pullman, Philip
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 735 KB
- Edition
- Reissue
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0375823468
- ASIN
- B000FC1KJS
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Part two of His Dark Materials takes up where The Golden Compass left off, offering up fascinating cross-world quests and some creative ideas and plot elements that do much to make up for the rather basic characterization of all but the two main protagonists. The only real frustration is that the cliffhanger ending is even less satisfying than the conclusion of the first book.
βCharles de Lint
Times Literary Supplement - Sally Visick
The Subtle Knifeis a fantasy adventure on the grand scale.
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