The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman · 1997
Literary Fiction · ranked #141 in category
The second volume of His Dark Materials introduces Will Parry, a boy from our world, and the Subtle Knife — a blade that can cut between worlds. Will and Lyra meet in the city of Cittàgazze and begin to understand the full scale of what they are caught in. Pullman develops the trilogy's theological argument and its critique of authoritarian certainty.
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