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. A novel about the history of philosophy unabridged, the christmas mystery. Some of the published credits of jostein gaarder include sophies world. A magical story by the author of the international bestseller, sophies world. The solitaire mystery, book by jostein gaarder paperback.
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He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and childrens books, including the orange girl, the christmas mystery and the ringmasters daughter. This long, dense novel, a bestseller in the authors native norway, offers a summary history of philosophy embedded in a philosophical mystery disguised as a childrens bookbut only sophisticated you. 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. Jostein gaarder books list of books by jostein gaarder. A novel about the history of philosophy by jostein gaarder and a great selection of similar used new and collectible books available now at. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. This website provides details of all our services including online access to our complete catalogue of audiobooks. I read the books in danish, which is quite similar to the original language, norwegian, and i would like to recommend readers who are able to read norwegian, to read the books in the original language. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the il mondo di sofia, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jostein gaarder books online.
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