Golden Compass: Black Matter Trilogy, Part One

Author: (British) Pullman, translated by Zhou Jingxing
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Pullman is a renowned contemporary British writer. His masterpiece, "His Dark Materials Trilogy," has taken the global book world by storm, with over ten million copies sold worldwide. It is the most anticipated fantasy epic in the world! The plot twists rival "Harry Potter," and its grandeur surpasses "The Lord of the Rings." This book is one of the trilogy, and the movie is being meticulously crafted by the original cast of "The Lord of the Rings." "The Golden Compass" won the Carnegie Medal and the highest prize for children's literature in the UK, the "Guardian Children's Fiction Prize." Pullman was thus hailed as "the most outstanding Anglo-Saxon fantasy novelist after J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of 'The Lord of the Rings,' and won the third Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2005. This is an extraordinary world where a person's soul is a spirit in animal form, and humans and spirits are inseparable; otherwise, life would cease to exist. Lila, 13, grows up in Oxford in this world, without the love of a family, not knowing her wealthy and powerful parents who have become enemies, and unaware of the world-shaking curse she carries: She spends her days freely playing with her companions and their spirits, growing into a cunning, reckless, and lying wild girl. However, the terrible prophecy cannot be resisted. Lila is destined to take on the role of the savior, playing the part of Eve, the mother of humanity: The feared "Dust" appears, the void wanders in every corner of the city, her companions disappear one after another without explanation, and the happy times come to an end with the loss of her close friend Roger. A huge conspiracy is brewing. Thus, with the help of a golden compass—the Truth-teller, which she alone can understand and predict the future—Lila, unaware of the dangers, decides to find the children snatched by the evil scientist, and thus begins her arduous journey to save the world; she heads toward the unknown North Pole; waiting for her are armored bears, witches, angels, cliff specters, and even the spirit-cutter that can end life. And the one leading her step by step into the land of death is her father, the nobleman Lord Asriel, a natural scientist, and her mother, Frau Coulter, a fervent fundamentalist.
Like all great stories, this work carries profound meaning, encompassing almost every thrilling and exciting plot you can imagine. Among the contemporary Anglo-Saxon fantasy novelists, Pullman is undoubtedly one of the most creative "creators," a successor and inheritor of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of "The Lord of the Rings."