{"product_id":"9780241373354","title":"The Secret Commonwealth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the phenomenal \u003ci\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/i\u003e comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyra is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, for the first time there are serious divisions between the two.\u003cbr\u003eLyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an act of terrible violence breaks the peace of the Oxford night, Lyra and Pan's relationship reaches a crisis and they are drawn, far from home, into the dangerous factions of a world they had no idea existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth \u003c\/i\u003eis truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself and to grow up and make sense of the world around you. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Exclusive to the paperback edition, Chris Wormell's new original illustrations bring Lyra's world vividly to life.*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Pullman] has created a fantasy world, made yet more satisfying in rigour and stylistic elegance. This is a book for getting older with' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian, Book of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e is ablaze with light and life. The writing is exquisite; every sentence sings ... To read Pullman is to experience the world refreshed, aglow, in Technicolour'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003ei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pullman's story is still thought-provoking ... This book elegantly weaves in live issues, from Europe's refugee crisis to facts in the post-truth era. And Pullman's prose is rewarding as ever' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A long, taxing, complex journey, laced with beauty, terror and philosophy' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As ever, Pullman's story is complex and vast but home to some of the finest storytelling in the 21st century. Revel in whole new worlds and enjoy one of literature's most wonderful heroines before she comes to HBO and the BBC' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pullman is confronting readers with the horrors of our own world reflected back at us. In \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003ehe creates a fearful symmetry' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pullman, Philip","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56822774825342,"sku":"9780241373354","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/0325\/6389\/files\/9780241373354.jpg?v=1768558078","url":"https:\/\/paperandword.com\/products\/9780241373354","provider":"Paper and Word","version":"1.0","type":"link"}