黑暗物质His Dark Materials Trilogy Philip Pullman

Publishedin40countries,PhilipPullman’sHisDarkMaterialstrilogy–TheGoldenCompass,TheSubtleKnife,andTheAmberSpyglass–hasgracedtheNewYorkTimes,WallStreetJournal,SanFranciscoChronicle,BookSense,andPublishersWeeklybestsellerlists.

TheGoldenCompassformsthefirstpartofastoryinthreevolumes.Thefirstvolumeissetinaworldlikeours,butdifferentinmanyways.Thesecondvolumeissetpartlyintheworldweknow.Thethirdmovesbetweenmanyworlds.

InTheGoldenCompass,readersmeet11-year-oldLyraBelacqua,aprecociousorphangrowingupwithintheprecinctsofJordanCollegeinOxford,England.ItquicklybecomesclearthatLyra'sOxfordisnotpreciselylikeourown—norisherworld.InLyra'sworld,everyonehasapersonaldæmon,alifelonganimalfamiliar.Thisisaworldinwhichscience,theologyandmagicarecloselyintertwined.

TheSubtleKnifeisthesecondpartofthetrilogythatbeganwithTheGoldenCompass.Thatfirstbookwassetinaworldlikeours,butdifferent.Thisbookbeginsinourownworld.

InTheSubtleKnife,readersareintroducedtoWillParry,ayoungboylivinginmodern-dayOxford,England.Willisonlytwelveyearsold,buthebearstheresponsibilitiesofanadult.Followingthedisappearanceofhisexplorer-father,JohnParry,duringanexpeditionintheNorth,Willbecameparent,providerandprotectortohisfrail,confusedmother.Andit'sinprotectingherthathebecomesamurderer,too:heaccidentallykillsamanwhobreaksintotheirhometostealvaluableletterswrittenbyJohnParry.Afterplacinghismotherinthecareofakindfriend,Willtakesthoselettersandsetsofftodiscoverthetruthabouthisfather.

TheAmberSpyglassbringstheintrigueofTheGoldenCompassandTheSubtleKnifetoaheartstoppingclose,markingthethirdandfinalvolumeasthemostpowerfulofthetrilogy.AlongwiththereturnofLyra,Will,Mrs.Coulter,LordAsriel,Dr.MaryMalone,andIorekByrnisonthearmoredbear,TheAmberSpyglassintroducesahostofnewcharacters:theMulefa,mysteriouswheeledcreatureswiththepowertoseeDust;GallivespianLordRoke,ahand-highspy-mastertoLordAsriel;andMetatron,afierceandmightyangel.Andthisfinalvolumebringsstartlingrevelations,too:thepainfulpriceLyramustpaytowalkthroughthelandofthedead,thehauntingpowerofDr.Malone'samberspyglass,andthenamesofwhowilllive—andwhowilldie—forlove.Andallthewhile,warrageswiththeKingdomofHeaven,abrutalbattlethat—initsshockingoutcome—willrevealthesecretofDust.

TheseYearlingpaperbackeditionseachcontainbonusmaterial:thefoundpapers,notes,andotherarchivalmaterialofLordAsriel,Dr.StanislausGrumman,andMaryMalone.Theyalsofeaturechapter-openingartworkbyPhilipPullman.

PhilipPullmanhaswonmanydistinguishedprizes,includingtheCarnegieMedalforTheGoldenCompass(andthereader-voted"CarnegieofCarnegies"forthebestchildren'sbookofthepastseventyyears);theWhitbread(nowCosta)BookoftheYearAwardforTheAmberSpyglass;aBookerPrizelong-listnomination(TheAmberSpyglass);Parents'ChoiceGoldAwards(TheSubtleKnifeandTheAmberSpyglass);andtheAstridLindgrenMemorialAward,inhonorofhisbodyofwork.In2004,hewasappointedaCommanderoftheOrderoftheBritishEmpire.

PhilipPullmanistheauthorofmanybooksforyoungreaders,includingtwovolumesrelatedtotheHisDarkMaterialstrilogy:Lyra'sOxfordandOnceUponaTimeintheNorth.HelivesinOxford,England.Tolearnmore,pleasevisitwww.philip-pullman.comandwww.hisdarkmaterials.com.