The Secret Commonwealth Phillip Pullman 2019 Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf In his introduction to his second book in the Book of Dust series (and fifth in the His Dark Materials set), Pullman gleefully admits he swiped the title from a book called, “The Secret Commonwealth, or an Essay on the Nature and …
When I got my copy of La Belle Sauvage, I misread it as “La Belle Sausage.” The sad thing is the French word for sausage is saucisse. The words “La Belle” should have tipped me off that the title wasn’t in English. I’m from Canada. I’ve studied these things. I even lived right next door …