Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder


Born
in Oslo, Norway
August 08, 1952

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Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses meta-fiction in his works, writing stories within stories.

Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled "A Novel about the History of Philosophy." This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone.

In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000
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Average rating: 3.94 · 397,229 ratings · 27,433 reviews · 59 distinct worksSimilar authors
Sophie’s World

3.97 avg rating — 278,349 ratings — published 1991 — 23 editions
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The Orange Girl

3.91 avg rating — 36,085 ratings — published 2003 — 125 editions
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The Solitaire Mystery

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4.18 avg rating — 27,082 ratings — published 1990 — 164 editions
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Through a Glass, Darkly

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The Christmas Mystery

3.74 avg rating — 7,662 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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The Ringmaster's Daughter

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Maya

3.60 avg rating — 5,391 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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مرحبا... هل من أحد هناك؟

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3.75 avg rating — 4,639 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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Vita Brevis: A Letter to St...

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3.70 avg rating — 4,700 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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“Wisest is she who knows she does not know.”
Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

“It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.”
Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

“How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.”
Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery

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May 2019 New School Poll

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, 287 pages, 1979
 
  79 votes, 25.2%

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, 399 pages, 1991
 
  73 votes, 23.2%

 
  63 votes, 20.1%

 
  59 votes, 18.8%

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 403 pages, 1991
 
  31 votes, 9.9%

A Cry of Angels by Jeff Fields, 392 pages, 1974
 
  9 votes, 2.9%

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