Pan’s Labyrinth

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Bloomsbury presents Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro & Cornelia Funke, read by Thom Rivera.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

This enthralling novel, inspired by the 2006 film, illustrates that fantasy is the sharpest tool to explore the terrors and miracles of the human heart

You shouldn't come in here. You could get lost. It has happened before. I'll tell you the story one day, if you want to hear it.

In fairy tales, there are men and there are wolves, there are beasts and dead parents, there are girls and forests.

Ofelia knows all this, like any young woman with a head full of stories. And she sees right away what the Capitán is, in his immaculate uniform, boots and gloves, smiling: a wolf.

But nothing can prepare her for the fevered reality of the Capitán’s eerie house, in the midst of a dense forest which conceals many things: half-remembered stories of lost babies; renegade resistance fighters hiding from the army; a labyrinth; beasts and fairies.

There is no one to keep Ofelia safe as the labyrinth beckons her into her own story, where the monstrous and the human are inextricable, where myths pulse with living blood ...

Critics Review

Funke’s sensitive expansion of Del Toro’s dark fantasy is a delight
Guardian
More than just a film spin off , this is a beautiful companion piece and a reminder of the importance of Del Toro’s initial vision
Observer
A work of consummate love and passion, one that needs to be revered for its unmistakable brilliance ... This novelisation not only lives up to impossibly high expectations but incredibly adds to the darkest of magical fairytales
Starburst
Inspired and beautifully illustrated
i Paper
Pan’s Labyrinth is a terrific masterpiece, a literary accomplishment that reaches and often rivals its cinematic counterpart
Storgy
Reading this is a wonderful re-exploration of a beautiful and terrifying world, merging the horrors of reality and the wonders of fantasy just as well as the film did, if not better
Cultured Vultures
Not only is this book a fantastic retelling of the film, but it is also a beautifully written expansion that dives into del Toro’s mythology in a way that the film couldn’t … Harsh, poetic, and visually stunning
Fan Fest
Charged with the monumental task of adapting an intricate film to the page, del Toro and Funke have avoided merely describing the film and instead have elegantly recrafted the narrative ... Dark and mesmerising
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Funke maintains the tale’s dark beauty, filling it with imaginative details, complex characters, love and history, as well as humanity’s evils ... This book will creep into the minds and hearts of readers and linger there
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