'Without stories,we wouldn't be human beings at all.'- Philip Pullman
In over 30 essays,written over 20 years,one of the world's great story-tellers meditates on story-telling.
Warm,funny,generous,entertaining and,above all,deeply considered,they offer thoughts on a wide variety of topics,including the origin and composition of Philip's own stories,the craft of writing and the story-tellers who have meant the most to Philip.
The art of story-telling is everywhere present in the essays themselves,in the instantly engaging tone,the vivid imagery and striking phrases,the resonant anecdotes,the humour and learnedness. Together,they are greater than the sum of their parts: a single,sustained engagement with story and story-telling.
James Daunt,Managing Director,Waterstones:"The importance of Philip Pullman to the cause of reading cannot be overstated. The generations still in their first quarter century read first Harry Potter,then the complex,gripping and provocative His Dark Materials. Other books,other authors,make claims and bring huge rewards,but these two imprint on everyone who calls themselves a reader,and it is Philip who cements the sophisticated,unique pleasures of reading. As we account for the vigour of reading in a digital age,we need look no further.
Publisher: David Fickling BooksISBN: 9781910989548Number of pages: 480Weight: 435 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 36 mm
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Pullman is eloquent on the craft and power of storytellingAs if I'm sneaking into a year of lectures and classes with one of the masters of this art...Pullman shares advice,secrets,thoughts in such a down-to-earth,friendly manner,it almost makes me want to weepLuminously writtenA gold mine...So much richness is to be found in this collection...Humane,wise and immensely readable,Daemon Voices is a fascinating tour of Pullman's teeming imagination and an inestimable illumination of the writing life(Pullman's) reflections on how to nourish the imagination of children in an age of screens are excellentDaemon Voices casts an entrancing spell...To read (these essays) is to be invigorated by the company of a joyfully wide-ranging,endlessly curious and imaginative mindA compelling,convincing,eminently readable treatise on the importance of imagination and telling tales,Daemon Voices is a powerful insight into the mind of the greatest storyteller of our timePullman is as fine a thinker as he is a storyteller...abundant wisdom,provocative notions,and illuminating insightsThis very impressive collection of essays,lectures and reviews...distils the thoughts on storytelling of one of our great storytellers
Philip Pullman
The Lord of Dust,creator of daemons and spinner of the finest fairy tales,Philip Pullman is one of the world's greatest and most influential storytellers. He is best-known for the unparalleled achievement that isHis Dark Materialsand the long awaited The Book of Dust. The winner of the Waterstones Book of the Year 2017,the first volume in the series,La Belle Sauvage,is this year continued inThe Secret Commonwealth,published in October 2019.
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