Jostein Gaarder

Een doodziek meisje voert lange gesprekken over het leven als mens en als engel met de engel Ariël, die haar tenslotte helpt over de drempel naar de eeuwigheid te stappen.

Als Nils en Berit merken dat een enge vrouw het boek, waarin ze elkaar brieven schrijven, wil hebben, proberen ze uit te zoeken waarom. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

While waiting for the birth of his baby brother, Joe is visited by a strange child from another planet, and the two discover that they, and their planets, share many similarities as well as differences.

Par hasard ou sous l'emprise du destin, Steinn et Solrun reprennent en 2007 une discussion interrompue trente ans auparavant. Steinn, scientifique athée, défend une conception positiviste et matérialiste de l'univers, là où Solrun, croyante attirée par la parapsychologie, décline le monde selon les catégories de la foi.--[Résumé de l'éditeur].

As Cecilia lies ill in bed, and her family prepares for Christmas, knowing she will not recover, an angel steps through her window to chat about life, death, and the universe.

Jaque mate es un libro único en el que se dan cita y se interrelacionan, como en un tablero de ajedrez, los mejores textos del imaginativo universo de Jostein Gaarder, al cumplirse sus veinte años como escritor.

Analyse : Roman familial. Roman d'amour.

The theme of a father finding a long-lost daughter runs through this novel which is told by Petter, a precocious child and fantasist. Petter's magical interior world contains Metre Man, a midget with a green felt cap and a bamboo cane; Metre Man runs his life and urges him to do things.

While waiting for the birth of his baby brother, Joe is visited by a strange child from another planet, and the two discover that they, and their planets, share many similarities as well as differences.

In 1995, Jostein Gaarder was browsing in an antiquarian bookshop in Buenos Aires, and there, he claims, he came upon a copy of a letter to St. Augustine from his mistress, Floria Aemilia. A true historical figure, Floria was the mother of Augustine's only son. They lived together for over a decade in Africa and then in Italy, until Augustine banished Floria, intending to move on to a socially advantageous marriage. In the end, he never married, choosing instead a path of asceticism. From her exile, years later, Floria writes the letter that is That Same Flower. Having read Augustine's Confessions and studied philosophy herself, Floria reminds him of their history together. She takes issue with his precepts, especially the redemptive power of abstinence, and defends the pleasures of the senses, pleasures given by God. In many ways a feminist missive, this passionate and occasionally erotic letter questions the Church's view of women and of love.

Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.