The subtle knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)

By:

Philip Pullman

Language: English Publication details: Alfred A. KnopfEdition: 2005Description: 326 pages 21 cmISBN:

9780375823466

DDC classification:

FIC/PUL/2005

Summary: This sequel to the fantasy The Golden Compass continues the saga of Lyra, who at the close of Compass entered a new world following after her father (Lord Asriel) and seeking the answer to what the particles "Dust" are. Introduced in this installment of the planned trilogy is Will Parry, who joins Lyra in this new world, having left a world like ours. Will has escaped after accidentally killing a man who was threatening him and his mother. He is trying to find his father who went on an expedition to the Arctic when Will was young and never returned. (We learn later that Will's father moved into Lyra's world and became a shaman called Grumman.) Throughout the novel, characters move in and out of these three parallel worlds.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	MS Library	Fiction	FIC/PUL/2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MS18080210

This sequel to the fantasy The Golden Compass continues the saga of Lyra, who at the close of Compass entered a new world following after her father (Lord Asriel) and seeking the answer to what the particles "Dust" are. Introduced in this installment of the planned trilogy is Will Parry, who joins Lyra in this new world, having left a world like ours. Will has escaped after accidentally killing a man who was threatening him and his mother. He is trying to find his father who went on an expedition to the Arctic when Will was young and never returned. (We learn later that Will's father moved into Lyra's world and became a shaman called Grumman.) Throughout the novel, characters move in and out of these three parallel worlds.

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