Golden Compass

Author: (British) Philip Pullman
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Philip Pullman is a renowned contemporary British writer. His masterpiece, "His Dark Materials," 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 same-named film 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." The author was also called "the best Anglo-Saxon fantasy writer after J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings," and in 2005, he won the third Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
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, a 13-year-old girl raised in Oxford in this world, has no love from her family, does not know her wealthy and powerful parents who have become enemies, and is unaware of the world-shaking curse she carries: She grows up playing freely with her companions and their spirits, becoming a cunning, reckless, and lying wild girl. However, the terrifying 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 Walkers roam the streets, her companions disappear one after another, and the happy times end completely with the loss of her close friend Roger. A huge conspiracy is brewing.
Thus, with 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 taken by the evil scientist. From then on, she begins her arduous journey to save the world; she heads toward the unknown North Pole. What awaits her are armored bears, witches, angels, cliff ghosts, and even the Spirit-Cutting Machine, which can end life. And the one leading her step by step into the realm of death is her father, the natural scientist Lord Asriel, and her mother, the fervent fundamentalist Kurtis.
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 writers, Pullman is undoubtedly one of the most creative "creators," the successor and inheritor of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of "The Lord of the Rings."