The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage - From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series
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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 592 |
| Format | 13,4 x 19,7 x 3,6 cm |
| B-format | |
| Gewicht | 472 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | The Book of Dust 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 0241365856 |
| EAN | 9780241365854 |
| Bestell-Nr | 24136585EA |
Philip Pullman returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with this magnificent first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua . . .
Klappentext:
From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials- now a major critically acclaimed BBC series
A rich, imaginative, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale - Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
WINNER- AUTHOR OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
WINNER- UK AUTHOR, NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018
A coming of age story like no other . . .
Philip Pullman's magnificent bestseller is now in paperback, with new additional illustrations.
Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even.
He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta it seems is set to become increasingly far from ordinary.
Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . .
Rezension:
Fans of His Dark Materials will find themselves joyfully immersed in a familiar world . . . meanwhile, awaiting first-time readers is all the pleasure of commencing their own journey into this most captivating of universes at the very beginning of Lyra's story Independent