A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.
One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a...
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagin...
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, 'A masterful mixture of fantasy and reality...a simply wonderful read' SHE. Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he notices an amulet of amber around her neck, the same trinket he had given his own lost child, who was swept away in a torrent some sixteen years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and fantasist, and perhaps Jostein Gaarder's most intriguing character since Sophie. As an adult, Petter makes his living selling stories and ideas to professionals...
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, 'A masterful mixture of fantasy and reality...a simply wonderful read' SHE. Panina Manina, a trapeze art...
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist. 'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg R ed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres...
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist. 'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. ...
Georg ist fnfzehn, als er einen Brief von seinem Vater findet, der starb, als Georg vier war. Der Brief, den er fr seinen Sohn geschrieben hat, erzhlt die Geschichte seiner groen Liebe. Dass er sie gefunden hat, machte ihm den Abschied vom Leben schwer, doch um so sicherer ist er, dass es sich gelohnt hat ...Jostein Gaarders schnste Liebesgeschichte und eine Hommage an das Leben!
Georg ist fnfzehn, als er einen Brief von seinem Vater findet, der starb, als Georg vier war. Der Brief, den er fr seinen Sohn geschrieben hat, erzhlt...
Die Geschichte der Philosophie, fr Jugendliche in einem richtig spannenden Roman verpackt, in einem geistreichen und witzigen Buch ber zwei ungleiche Mdchen. Fast kann man nicht glauben, da es so etwas gibt.
Die Geschichte der Philosophie, fr Jugendliche in einem richtig spannenden Roman verpackt, in einem geistreichen und witzigen Buch ber zwei ungleiche ...
Ein Roman ber zwei ungleiche Mdchen und einen geheimnisvollen Briefeschreiber, ein Kriminal- und Abenteuerroman des Denkens, ein geistreiches und witziges Buch, ein groes Lesevergngen und zu allem eine Geschichte der Philosophie von den Anfngen bis zur Gegenwart. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Jugendliteraturpreis 1994.
Ein Roman ber zwei ungleiche Mdchen und einen geheimnisvollen Briefeschreiber, ein Kriminal- und Abenteuerroman des Denkens, ein geistreiches und witz...
When fifteen-year-old Anna begins receiving messages from another time, her parents take her to the doctor. But he can find nothing wrong; in fact he believes there may be some truth to what she is seeing. Anna is haunted by visions of the desolate world of 2082. She sees her great-granddaughter, Nova, roaming through wasteland with a band of survivors, after animals and plants have died out. The more Anna sees, the more she realizes she must act to prevent the future in her visions becoming real. But can she act quickly enough? 'Compelling' Sunday Times
When fifteen-year-old Anna begins receiving messages from another time, her parents take her to the doctor. But he can find nothing wrong; in fact he ...
