La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One: From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series (The book of dust, 1) - Softcover

Pullman, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241365856 ISBN 13: 9780241365854

Publisher: Penguin and David Fickling Books, 2018

Synopsis

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 . . .

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Review:

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)

No one else writes like Pullman . . . entirely worth the 17-year wait (Imogen Russell Williams, Metro)

A rich, imaginative, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale (Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times)

An utter joy . . . generous, frightening, thrilling, clever and ingenious (Scotsman)

High-octane adventure accompanies ingenious plotting (The Times)

A thrilling page-turner (Daily Express)

From the Back Cover:

Winner - Author of the Year, British Book Awards Philip Pullman's magnificent bestseller now in paperback, with new additional illustrations. A coming of age story like no other . . . 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 is, it seems, 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 . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin and David Fickling Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0241365856
• ISBN 13: 9780241365854
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592