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Cargando... Lyra's Oxford: His Dark Materials (2003 original; edición 2007)por Philip Pullman
Información de la obraEl Oxford de Lyra por Philip Pullman (2003)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I've actually really liked this short story the best. It was interesting, fresh and the actual introduction of Malcolm before La Belle Sauvage. ( ) A 2003 collection of material related to the His Dark Materials series. C (Indifferent). Half of the book is a short story, printed in enormous font to hide the fact that it's a very short short story. It's harmless, but not particularly interesting. The rest of the book is stuff that might have made sense as bonus features at the end of "Amber Spyglass," or as something to put on a website. Printing it as a book (not to mention marketing it as a novella) feels like a con. (Jul. 2023) I wasn’t particularly impressed by this short novella when I first read it (see my review of the standard edition for an examination of the major narrative and themes), but I hoped that Chris Wormell’s woodcut-inspired illustrations would enliven the story. I still remain disappointed with the lack of Oxford exploration in the story (seriously misleading title!), but thankfully the accompanying pictures did a decent job of brightening the narrative. The cover in particular is a luscious introduction, depicting Lyra and Pan overlooking the sunset-drenched Oxford in which they run rampant, which shows a particular care by Wormell to set the restive but eventually action-packed tone of the forthcoming story. Within the pages, the bulk of his illustrations are mixed format, some being interleaved as full-page pastiches and others being inset with the margins, with a final few scattered artfully within the text. All of the imagery ties in neatly to the story and Wormell’s signature style accents the slightly antiquated narrative tone well, which makes for a much more engaging read than the straight-text version. In particular, I found the full-page images to be the stunners of the volume, as the careful composition and action depicted therein allowed for a fully immersive visual experience, but even the smaller images utilising imagery from the natural world (birds, greenery, etc) were a lively visual treat. Concluding the volume were a selection of admittedly random “other things” that may or may not be connected to the story told in the book. Considering the large scope of Pullman’s worldbuilding, the concept of gathering some literary and visual detritus (if you will) is actually a calculated and neat move; will we end up travelling alongside Lyra to the North again, who is Angela Gorman, and what events are occurring in the Levant? These places may be closer off than they first appear, and for those of us who continued on reading with the (still forthcoming) Book of Dust series there are some tantalising clues to be gathered!
In this tiny, tantalizing sequel to the trilogy ''His Dark Materials,'' Philip Pullman is flying without a net -- or, rather, without the help of such flamboyant creations as a knife that can cut through worlds and a machine that can reveal truth from lies. Pertenece a las seriesLa materia oscura (sequel 1) Contenido enPremios
Lyra and Pantalaimon (now a pine-marten) are back at Oxford, but their peace is shattered by Ragi, the daemon of the witch Yelena, who is searching for a healing elixir to cure his witch. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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