Sperietorul

by Philip Pullman

Intr-o noapte furtunoasa, o sperietoare zdrentaroasa statea in vant si ploaie fara sa-i pese. . . pana cand, un fulger o trasni fix in capatana ei de ridiche. Sperietoarea clipi surprinsa si prinse viata. . . Asa incepe povestea Sperietorului, un tip politicos, cu minte putina si idei mari. El il intalneste pe un baiat, Jack, care-i va deveni servitor credincios. Parasindu-si obisnuitele insarcinari de zburatacire a pasarilor, Sperietorul porneste spre Spring Valley, alaturi de servitorul sau. Pe drum, se vor distra de zor, si vor fi foarte atenti sa evite ticaloasa familie Buffaloni. In vreme ce vajnicul Sperietor se va arunca mereu in calea primejdiei, lui Jack ii revine sarcina sa-l tot salveze. Talentul lui Philipp Pullman de a nu se feri de complexitate atunci cand scrie simplu si copilaresc este remarcabil. Calatoria incantatoare a unei sperietori aduse la viata, dornica sa cunoasca lumea si pe sine ii poarta pe cititori prin peisaje de basm si continua cu aceeasi minunata incredere pana la final. O poveste care isi respecta cititorii de varste fragede si le ofera o adevarata aventura mustind de umor, fantezie, farmec si daruire.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 BBC poll, he was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to literature.
Northern Lights, the first volume in His Dark Materials, won the 1995 Carnegie Medal of the Library Association as the year's outstanding English-language children's book. For the Carnegie's 70th anniversary, it was named in the top ten by a panel tasked with compiling a shortlist for a public vote for an all-time favourite. It won that public vote and was named all-time "Carnegie of Carnegies" in June 2007. It was filmed under the book's US title, The Golden Compass. In 2003, His Dark Materials trilogy ranked third in the BBC's The Big Read, a poll of 200 top novels voted by the British public.