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Daemon Voices
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- Narrator
- Philip Pullman, Simon Mason
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 6 September 2018
- Run Time
- 13 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Essays, Popular culture
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Penguin Presents the audio edition of Daemon Voices, written and read by Philip Pullman with an introduction by Simon Mason.
In over 30 essays, written over 20 years and recorded by the author himself in his home city of Oxford, one of the world's great story-tellers meditates on the art of story-telling. Warm, engaging and often amusing collection of writing which offers 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.
User Reviews
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Narration 5.0
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Fascinating and surprisingly varied assortment of essays. While not every one of them was a topic super interesting to me, Pullman writes in a way I admire so much that I still got something out of each. Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys his fiction!
Given that many of the essays were originally written to be delivered as talks, getting to have the book so beautifully narrated by the author really added to the whole experience too!eleanorf 2025-04-14
Details
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- Narrator
- Philip Pullman, Simon Mason
- Duration
- 13 hours
- Release Date
- 6 September 2018
- ISBN
- 9780241372906
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Essays, Popular culture
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Penguin Presents the audio edition of Daemon Voices, written and read by Philip Pullman with an introduction by Simon Mason. In over 30 essays, written over 20 years and recorded by the author himself in his home city of Oxford, one of the world's great story-tellers meditates on the art of story-telling. Warm, engaging and often amusing collection of writing which offers 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.
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