The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1) (Unabridged)
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4.5 • 112 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • DON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO THE BOOK OF DUST: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE NOW!
Return to the world of His Dark Materials with the first book of a landmark trilogy.
“People will love the first volume of Philip Pullman’s new trilogy with the same helpless vehemence that stole over them when The Golden Compass came out.”—Slate
“It’s a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on.”—The New York Times
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything, and the things he sees trouble him deeply. Enforcement agents from the Magisterium appear in his family’s inn. The explorer Lord Asriel has a precious secret to hide. A gyptian named Coram warns him of a coming flood. A criminal and a beautiful woman, both with disturbing daemons, ask about the same thing—a child, just a baby, named Lyra.
Lyra is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. Malcolm sees that she is at the center of a great and powerful storm. And he will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to see her safely home.
Look for the entire trilogy of THE BOOK OF DUST:
La Belle Sauvage • The Secret Commonwealth • The Rose Field
And Lyra’s adventures begin in HIS DARK MATERIALS:
The Golden Compass • The Subtle Knife • The Amber Spyglass
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This audiobook is actually a master class in performance. Michael Sheen calls on his great skill and versatility to deliver a wonderful reading of Philip Pullman’s dark and gripping fantasy. The Welsh actor embodies the novel’s sweet, smart 11-year-old hero just as convincingly as the chilling malevolence of predatory villain Gerard Bonneville; he also does an outstanding job as a manically cackling hyena. Every chapter is delivered with expertly measured intrigue and suspense—we found it almost impossible to hit pause before the full 13 hours were done.
Customer Reviews
Michael Sheen is fantastic
Michael Sheen is by far the best audio book narrator I have heard. Not just a book reader but a storyteller.
Not as good as His Dark Materials
The story’s protagonist is very endearing and it was fun to see a further exploration of Lyra’s universe from the original His Dark Materials trilogy, but the first three quarters of the book felt a little slow. Some of the story felt a bit more adult than I was expecting, and there’s a number of references to child sexual abuse at various points and it was hard reconciling those themes with the rest of the book.
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Somehow this book made it to my reading list and I can't remove it