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Malcolm Polstead ha undici anni, è curioso e diligente, di giorno va a scuola e di sera aiuta i genitori alla locanda sul fiume e fa qualche commissione per le suore del convento vicino. La sua vita scorre tranquilla, gli amici non gli mancano, si diverte con Asta, il suo daimon, soprattutto quando vanno in canoa, sulla Belle Sauvage. Fino al giorno in cui alla locanda arrivano tre misteriosi personaggi e finché alle suore non viene affidata una bambina di pochi mesi, che Malcolm dovrà proteggere da un grave pericolo e alla quale sente di essere profondamente legato. È Lyra. Insieme a lei affronterà una sfida mortale e un viaggio che lo cambierà per sempre…
Philip Pullman, uno degli scrittori più letti e amati al mondo con La bussola d’oro, creatore di uno dei più visionari e potenti universi della letteratura, torna dopo ventidue anni al mondo di Lyra con una storia che ha definito ‘parallela’ alla trilogia Queste oscure materie: una gioia, quasi un ritorno dopo un lungo esilio, per i suoi tanti lettori, e una possibilità straordinaria, per chi non l’ha ancora fatto, di scoprire un mondo intero, popolato di daimon, energia ambarica e aletiometri. Un universo ricco di illuminanti e profonde metafore, un mondo simile al nostro, le cui differenze lo rendono non più fantastico ma più reale del reale, al cospetto del quale la nostra vita quotidiana sembra più vuota, più pallida, più povera di significato.
- ISBN: 8893817543
- Casa Editrice: Salani
- Pagine: 480
- Data di uscita: 04-10-2018
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Malcolm tried to remember the fairy tales he knew. Could you bargain with fairies? Did they keep their promises? It's hard to believe, but I was ten years old when I first read Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Along with Harry Potter , it is one of the standout reads of my childhood and, perh
Phillip Pullman is clearly capable of great things. He achieves an absolute mastery of tone, style and plot in The Golden Compass. However, I found none of that mastery in this book. Admittedly, I had major reservations going into it; yet, for all that, I did approach it with an open mind. I tried t Leggi tutto
Philip Pullman is my hero. He is the pinnacle of how an author can make you care about a character. He took a HUGE risk by not relying on established fan-favorite characters to sell this new book. Instead, we have a new character named Malcolm who meets Lyra as an infant. We have a front row seat as Leggi tutto
We delve back in to alternate-world Oxford, miles from armoured bears but surrounded yet again by daemons and the mysterious alethiometers, following a young boy named Malcolm who is stuck in a world where young working-class boys are mostly discouraged from learning beyond their schooling and are f Leggi tutto
A wonderful way to start off the new year, especially with the cold and the wet everywhere. I loved the slow pace of the first half, all of the details that brought life to sweet, curious Malcolm's world. I loved the thrill of the second half: its many surreal and threatening episodes, the rise of M Leggi tutto
*Possible spoilers ahead. Proceed with caution.* I cannot believe that I am rating this book 2 stars. This was my most anticipated read of 2017. After reading His Dark Materials last year and falling in love with the world and having the story shatter me and embed itself deeply into my soul, I was so Leggi tutto
3.5? I was excited to read more from that world. I have to say the book left me a bit... unsatisfied? I wanted more and I will continue reading this series but it mostly felt like an intro, not a full book. However, it made me want to reread His Dark Materials ASAP!
4ish stars. My first experience with the Pullman-verse. I never read The Golden Compass, but reading this makes me want to. Malcolm is a great character, and the adventure he embarks on is exciting and interesting. There are some great secondary characters as well, particularly Hannah Relf. I wonder Leggi tutto
Short version: Tedious and utterly unnecessary prequel to the brilliant Dark Materials series. DO NOT READ. Long version: (view spoiler) [Where to even begin with this turkey? The first half reads like Pullman had a word count he wanted to meet and he would write anything to reach it, knowing that fans would lap it u (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto
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