The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

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Published Nov. 8, 1997

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978-0-679-87925-1
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The Subtle Knife, the second book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, is a young-adult fantasy novel published in 1997. The novel continues the adventures of Lyra Belacqua (now known as Lyra Silvertongue) recounted in the first novel, Northern Lights, as she investigates the mysterious phenomenon of Dust. Will Parry is introduced as a companion to Lyra, and together they explore new worlds in the search for Will's father.

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The epic struggle becomes clear, for us if not for Lyra and her new friend

5 stars

In The Golden Compass, book 1 of this series, we met Lyra, the half-wild charge of a scholar of an Oxford University in a parallel universe, and follow her adventures with warrior polar bears to the gates of a new world. This is book 2 of the series, in which Lyra meets Will, who had fled 'our' world into a parallel world to escape shadowy men who are pursuing him to obtain the papers of Will's long-lost explorer father. As Lyra and Will explore the third parallel universe, we learn of the titular knife, which can cut any substance, including the membranes that separate parallel universes. We also learn of the epic battle playing out across the universes, which involves god and angels, and both of their fathers, and of which they're unwittingly key players. This is a fantastical, imaginative adventure spanning many climes and crossing the boundaries of the …

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4 stars

Secondo volume della trilogia della Materia Oscura, questo libro riprende i temi de La bussola d'oro e li porta ancora più avanti verso i temi del miltoniano Paradiso Perduto... un personaggio si chiama addirittura Giacomo Paradisi! Per dirla in maniera un po' più chiara, il tema di base è la lotta dell'Uomo, armato solo del suo libero arbitrio contro l'Autorità (chiamatela Dio, se volete). In questo volume la lotta non è ancora iniziata: lord Asriel, dopo avere scoperto alla fine del libro precedente come creare un ponte tra i vari mondi paralleli, sta radunando un'armata. Ma questa storia resta solo sullo sfondo: qui continuiamo a seguire Lyra che si ritrova prima in un mondo intermedio infestato dagli Spettri, che rubano l'anima agli adulti, ma non possono toccare i bambini; e poi finisce nella nostra Terra, dove incontra un altro ragazzino, John Parry, che sta cercando suo padre sparito chissà …