The Amber Spyglass
Author(s): Philip Pullman
"The most magnificent fantasy series since "The Lord of the Rings."" --"The Oregonian" Throughout the worlds, the forces of both heaven and hell are mustering to take part in Lord Asriel's audacious rebellion. Each player in this epic drama has a role to play--and a sacrifice to make. Witches, angels, spies, assassins, tempters, and pretenders, no one will remain unscathed. Lyra and Will have the most dangerous task of all. They must journey to a gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone and from which there is no escape. As war rages and Dust drains from the sky, the fate of the living--and the dead--to depend on Lyra and Will. A "New York Times" BestsellerA "Newsweek" Top 100 Book of All TimeAn "Entertainment Weekly" All-Time Greatest NovelWinner of the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award.Winner of the British Book Award (Children's) "Pullman has created the last great fantasy masterpiece of the twentieth century. An astounding achievement." --"The Cincinnati Enquirer" "Breathtaking adventure . . . a terrific story, eloquently told." --"The Boston Globe" "War, politics, magic, science, individual lives and cosmic destinies are all here . . . shaped and assembled into a narrative of tremendous pace by a man with a generous, precise intelligence. I am completely enchanted." --"The New York Times Book Review" "Masterful. . . . This title confirms Pullman's inclusion in the company of C. S. Lewis and Tolkien." --"Smithsonian Magazine" "From the Hardcover edition."
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"Absorbing . . Like "Harry Potter" creator J. K. Rowling, [Pullman] invents a world filled with strange divinations and wordplays."-"Newsweek""A LITERARY MASTERPIECE . . . [that] caps the most magnificent fantasy series since "The Lord of the Rings" and puts Harry Potter to shame. . . . A page-turning story that builds to a powerful finish."-"Oregonian""IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN, SO FIRMLY AND RELENTLESSLY DOES PULLMAN DRAW YOU INTO HIS TALE . . . [A] gripping saga pitting the magnetic young Lyra Belacqua and her friend Will Parry against the forces of both Heaven and Hell.""-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette""From the Paperback edition."
Philip Pullman has won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for "The Golden Compass" (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award for "The Amber Spyglass"; a Booker Prize long-list nomination ("The Amber Spyglass"); Parents' Choice Gold Awards ("The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass"); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Philip Pullman is the author of many books for young readers, including two volumes related to the His Dark Materials trilogy: "Lyra's Oxford" and "Once Upon a Time in the North." He lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit www.philip-pullman.com and www.hisdarkmaterials.com. "From the Hardcover edition."
General Fields
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- : Random House USA Inc
- : Random House Inc
- : 0.431
- : 206mm X 140mm X 23mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Philip Pullman
- : Paperback / softback
- : 544