His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Philip Pullman 著
• 出版社 Random House Children's Books
• 出版时间 2003-09
• ISBN 9780440238607
• 定价 224.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

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.

【作者简介】

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.