Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Jostein gaarder has created some unusual novels that manage to combine faith, philosophy, and fantasy. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Jostein gaarder, norwegian school teacher and author of books that examined the history of philosophy and religion for an audience of young readers. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. He taught highschool philosophy for several years before publishing a collection of short stories in 1986 and, shortly thereafter, his first two novels, the solitaire mystery and sophies world, and several. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories. Jostein gaarder s most popular book is sophies world. Jostein gaarder books, biography, contact information. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of sophies world and what it means. Sophies world, gaarder s most famous of works was published in 1991. Following the phenomenal success of sophies world which has been translated into 55 languages and sold over 30 million copies worldwide ten of his novels have been translated into english, including the solitaire mystery, vita brevis and the orange girl. Its reach and vehemence prompted many complaints and accusations of antisemitism.
Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. Hilde believed that sophie realistically existed, and in a sense i did believe that sophie existed in the reality of hildes world. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Jostein gaarder is a norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and childrens books. Within the pages of this tiny book, a tale of fate, the solitaire mystery and hans thomass destiny await.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sophies world. Jostein gaarder, born august 8, 1952, oslo, norway, norwegian school teacher and author of books that examined the history of philosophy and religion for an audience of young readers. Gaarder is attentive to the differences between different religious traditions. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Jostein gaarder is a published author of childrens books and young adult books. When joachim opens his calendar a tiny piece of paper tumbles out, the first chapter of a story about elisabet. The solitaire mystery by jostein gaarder book club. This is, quite simply, one of the most eloquent books on religion and science i have read in recent years. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Understanding the history of our human psyche answers many questions to our present day situations of religions, politics, science, spirituality, etc. Pack the basics into an informative, thick brochure, weave a story through the ideas, and offer the result as a novel. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Sophies world was an international best seller gaarder studied the history of ideas, religion, and nordic literature at the university of oslo. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sophies world. Download sophies world by jostein gaarder download free ebook pdf ebook. The book is a complete history guidelesson book on philosophy. The world according to anna by jostein gaarder books. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A novel about the history of philosophy fsg classics. Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. If an introductory book is ok, then sophies world by jostein gaarder.
We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Gaarders other works both his childrens books and adult novels have proved. Jostein gaarder born 8 august 1952 in oslo is a norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and childrens books. The philosophy lessons overshadow sophies story to the point that sophies world is really just a philosophy textbook masquerading as a magicalrealist mystery. When the english version got published in 1995, it became the most sold book of the year. From that strangebut irresistiblebeginning, sophie becomes obsessed with these and other questions that explore matters.
Jostein gaarder to prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap. This book got translated into more than 59 languages. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sophies world by jostein gaarder download free ebook. The book was a huge success, immediately becoming a chartbuster. He has received numerous awards including the deutscher jugendliteraturpreis in 1994 for sophies world, the buxtehude bulle in.
Sophies world by jostein gaarder is, in my view, a highly successful attempt to write a. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. Maya by gaarder, jostein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jostein gaarder has 39 books on goodreads with 517573 ratings. The end of the book that hildes dad wrote is similar to the end of the book that gaarder wrote. Through a glass, darkly is no different in that regard as its two main characters are cecilia, a young girl dying of cancer, and ariel, an angel who watches her. Popular jostein gaarder books goodreads share book.
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Buy a cheap copy of sofies verden by jostein gaarder b001kwnf9u a gently used book at a great low price. Jostein gaarders ideaof nonfiction philosophy lessons embedded in fictional mysteryis unique and clever, but it was all that impressed me about sophies world. Jostein gaarder is a norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and childrens books. The reason for all of this is because throughout the entire book he never mentions any philosophers that were anti religion such as. Jostein gaarder the book is pretty much a modern day version of platos dialogues the author uses the socratic method to drive discussions between the characters in the book. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and childrens books. This does a pretty good job at explaining the relationships between most of the major philosophical viewpoints but it doesnt really explain anything in any significant. Jostein gaarder is currently considered a single author. A novel about family and destiny by jostein gaarder, sarah jane hails, hilde kramer, hilde kramer at. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. This book would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of siri dannevig. A summary of two cultures and the middle ages in jostein gaarders sophies world. A former high school philosophy teacher, he now writes numerous novels for children and adults.
What books about philosophy or religion would you recommend for. In august 2006, author jostein gaarder created a controversy in norway after publishing an oped gods chosen people in the aftenposten, one of the countrys major newspapers, in which he compared israel to the taliban regime in afghanistan, and declared that israel has lost its right to exist. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. Jostein gaarders the christmas mystery is a very special advent book. According to jostein gaarder, after the division of grecoroman culture. Theres also a movie, a musical, a board game and a cdrom. Gaarder described judaism as an archaic national and warlike religion, contrasting it with the christian idea that the kingdom of. Sophies world by jostein gaarder, the solitaire mystery by jostein gaarder, the orange girl by jostein gaarder, maya b. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
In particular, he places an emphasis on the different hierarchies of man and godin some religions, for example, man is seen as gods eternal inferior. I cant help but wonder what the religious beliefs of its norwegian author, jostein gaarder, are. Sophies world, the first of his books to be published in english, has been translated into 60 languages and has sold over 40 million copies. Some of the published credits of jostein gaarder include sophies world. What are some good books for a high school student interested in philosophy. Jostein gaarder won the norwegian literary critics award and the ministry of cultural and scientific affairs literary prize for his 1990 book, kabalmysteriet the solitaire mystery. The norwegian writer jostein gaarder is best known for his book sophies world.
One day fourteenyearold sophie amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each. History of philosophy, jostein gaarder, new york times best seller, sophies world im so surprised that this book is not required to read in all schools, especially in high schools and colleges. Jostein gaarder, the norwegian science writer, novelist and childrens writer has written a thunderous prophetic denunciation of israel that articulates well the moral posture of europe when it comes to the arabisraeli conflict. Buy the world according to anna 01 by gaarder, jostein, bartlett, donald isbn. All about the book of religions by jostein gaarder. Immediately download the jostein gaarder summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. It tells the story of joachim who finds a magic advent calendar.
Hello is anybody there by jostein gaarder abebooks. A former professor of philosophy, he now writes full time. He taught highschool philosophy for several years before publishing a collection of short stories in 1986 and, shortly thereafter, his first two novels, the solitaire mystery and sophies world, and several others since then. In norway, still, there isnt any book which could break all these records made by the sophies world. A novel about the history of philosophy ebook written by jostein gaarder.