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    <![CDATA[Thrown together for three days on the paradise island of Taveuni, a lonely Norwegian biologist, a bereaved English novelist, and a strange and beautiful Spanish couple so much in love they seem to have evolved a private language, fill the long Pacific nights by playing bridge, telling stories, and discussing ideas. This brief encounter is no mere interlude, but the start of an intertwined story, full of illusion and allusion, that will unfold many months later. Part tragedy, part mystery, and, above all, a love story, Maya debates and unravels the questions that give meaning to the lives of its characters—and to our own. Jostein Gaarder is the author of <em>Sophie's World,</em> a huge bestseller in over 40 countries.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my first Gaarder book, as well as my first “philosophy” book. Admittedly, during the first portion of the book I had a hard time getting into it. There is quite a bit of mystery built up and much talk of evolution as the main character is a biologist. The dialogue is designed to make the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81425074">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Thrown together for three days on the paradise island of Taveuni, a lonely Norwegian biologist, a bereaved English novelist, and a strange and beautiful Spanish couple so much in love they seem to have evolved a private language, fill the long Pacific nights by playing bridge, telling stories, and discussing ideas. This brief encounter is no mere interlude, but the start of an intertwined story, full of illusion and allusion, that will unfold many months later. Part tragedy, part mystery, and, above all, a love story, Maya debates and unravels the questions that give meaning to the lives of its characters—and to our own. Jostein Gaarder is the author of <em>Sophie's World,</em> a huge bestseller in over 40 countries.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is really the first &quot;philosophy&quot; book I've read, and I'm not sure what to make of it, honestly. The initial part of this book, in which the background hints that there is a bit of a mystery are given, to me had a little bit of a gothic mystery feel. Everything seems normal on top, but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80082371">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Avec Jostein Gaarder, vous entrez en cours de philosophie... Ça commence déjà à soupirer dans le fond de la salle. La barbe ! Seulement l'auteur du <em>Monde de Sophie</em> n'a pas son pareil pour attirer l'attention, provoquer l'interrogation et stimuler la passion... philosophique évidemment. Avec son nouveau roman intitulé <em>Maya</em>, Jostein Gaarder compose un vertigineux conte philosophique sur le thème de l'éternité. Une jolie paléontologue espagnole s'intéresse de près aux premiers amphibiens, ces sympathiques reptiles qui vivaient sur Terre il y a plus de 200 millions d'années. La voici sur les îles Fidji à la recherche de fossiles. Pour elle, cette connaissance du vivant est une façon d'envisager sa propre vie sous l'angle de l'éternité. Elle prétend même qu'elle possède une boisson magique qui donne une vie éternelle. Voulez-vous en goûter ? On se réveille dans le fond de la classe et on commence à avoir soif de connaissance et de philosophie. On sera rassasié au-delà de ses espérances par la lecture de ce roman inclassable, qui ne décevra ni les lecteurs du <em>Monde de Sophie</em> ni ceux du <em>Mystère de la patience</em>. Vont s'y croiser joyeusement des elfes, des crapauds, des hommes-moustiques et un jeu de cartes qui distribue la donne ontologique et qui pourrait bien avoir été créé par l'Éternel. ]]>
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    <![CDATA[Thrown together for three days on the paradise island of Taveuni, a lonely Norwegian biologist, a bereaved English novelist, and a strange and beautiful Spanish couple so much in love they seem to have evolved a private language, fill the long Pacific nights by playing bridge, telling stories, and discussing ideas. This brief encounter is no mere interlude, but the start of an intertwined story, full of illusion and allusion, that will unfold many months later. Part tragedy, part mystery, and, above all, a love story, Maya debates and unravels the questions that give meaning to the lives of its characters—and to our own. Jostein Gaarder is the author of <em>Sophie's World,</em> a huge bestseller in over 40 countries.]]>
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    <![CDATA[ Im Zentrum des Romans steht die Geschichte des Biologen Frank Andersen, dessen Ehe nach dem Tod seiner Tochter in die Brüche geht. Er befindet sich am Ende einer ausgedehnten Forschungsreise, als er beschließt, noch einen Zwischenstopp auf der Fidschiinsel Taveuni zu machen. Dort trifft Frank mit vielen interessanten Menschen zusammen und unterhält sich mit ihnen über <em>Das Wunder des Lebens</em>. Jeder hat seine eigene Sicht davon, doch keine Deutung -- sei sie naturwissenschaftlich, philosophisch, ökologisch oder magisch -- kann vollständig überzeugen. Mit dieser zentralen Schilderung um den Biologen Frank Andersen sind weitere, aus wechselnden Perspektiven erzählte Geschichten verwoben. Allmählich vermischen sich reale und imaginäre Welten. Am Ende ist nur noch eines klar: Es gibt keinen Anfang und kein Ende.<p>  Gaarder geht in seinem Roman einfachen Fragen nach: &quot;Was sind wir?&quot;, &quot;Woher kommen wir?&quot; und &quot;Wohin gehen wir?&quot;. Er weiß keine abschließende Antwort darauf. Glücklicherweise, denn was wäre eine Welt ohne Fragen und damit ohne Geheimnisse. Sind sie doch der Motor allen Lebens. Gaarder erklärt aber Zusammenhänge und wirft damit gleichzeitig neue Fragen auf. So zieht er den Leser nicht nur in den Bann, sondern schafft auch ein tieferes Verständnis für <em>Das Wunder des Lebens</em> und regt zum Nach- und Weiterdenken an.<p>  Jostein Gaarder legt eine wissenschafts- bzw. evolutionsgeschichtliche wie auch philosophische Darstellung vor. <em>Maya</em> ist aber ebenso ein Plädoyer für Liebe und Fantasie als treibende Kräfte des Lebens. Denn für Gaarder kann die Naturwissenschaft zwar erklären, doch erst Liebe und Fantasie geben einen tieferen Sinn.<p>  Die Zeitgeschichte hinterließ deutliche Spuren in Gaarders Roman, so werden beispielsweise Bill Clinton und Monica Lewinsky als &quot;zwei der berühmtesten Primaten unserer Zeit&quot; bezeichnet. In Verbindung mit den beiden wird die Frage aufgeworfen, ob es sich &quot;...um etwas so Obszönes gehandelt haben kann wie eine Havanna-Zigarre...&quot;. Der Humor kommt nicht zu kurz, wie auch das groteske Zwiegespräch Franks mit einem Gecko beweist, das wenig nüchtern um eine Ginflasche kreist.<p>  Gaarder verwendet eine einfache Sprache, ohne jedoch zu vereinfachen oder Lösungen zu bieten, die es gar nicht geben kann. In seinen Text fließen Fachbegriffe und fremdsprachliche Passagen ein, sodass das Werk vorwiegend für Leser ab 16 Jahren geeignet ist. Jostein Gaarder, geboren 1952, wurde durch den Philosophieroman <em>Sofies Welt</em> berühmt -- eines der am meisten verkauften Werke in der Geschichte der BRD. <em>--Fedor Bochow</em></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though usually a huge fan of Jostein Garder this book left me somehow unsatisfied. The narration is somewhat strange and it has a quite significant break in the middle which gave the first half a very different atmosphere from the second half. Also, Jostein usually is able to elaborate on a very spe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75998605">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Thrown together for three days on the paradise island of Taveuni, a lonely Norwegian biologist, a bereaved English novelist, and a strange and beautiful Spanish couple so much in love they seem to have evolved a private language, fill the long Pacific nights by playing bridge, telling stories, and discussing ideas. This brief encounter is no mere interlude, but the start of an intertwined story, full of illusion and allusion, that will unfold many months later. Part tragedy, part mystery, and, above all, a love story, Maya debates and unravels the questions that give meaning to the lives of its characters—and to our own. Jostein Gaarder is the author of <em>Sophie's World,</em> a huge bestseller in over 40 countries.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[.. Diperlukan waktu bermiliar-miliar tahun untuk menciptakan seorang manusia.Dan diperlukan hanya beberapa detik untuk mati ..<br/><br/>Jostein Gaarder menghadirkan dialog semesta dalam bukunya. misteri tentang penciptaan, ilusi waktu, cermin diri dan lagi-lagi, pertanyaan-pertanyaan.  <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52276410">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Gw suka banget sama JG dan dia adalah salah satu pengarang favorit gw..<br/>Seperti buku JG yang lainnya, ide ceritanya khas banget.. Nggak seperti buku2 lainnya. Selain itu, ada beberapa pembelajaran yg membuat kita membuka mata mengenai keberadaan kita di dunia ini. <br/>Salah satu manifesto yg ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19277092">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Diperlukan waktu bermiliar-miliar tahun untuk menciptakan seorang manusia.Dan diperlukan hanya beberapa detik untuk mati.<br/><br/>Di Pulau Taveuni, Fiji, sejumlah orang tanpa sengaja berkumpul. Setiap dari mereka diam-diam menyimpan luka di hati. John Spooke, seorang penulis Inggris, masih berduka akan kematian istrinya. Frank Andersen, seorang ahli biologi evolusioner dari Norwegia, kehilangan seorang anak dalam sebuah kecelakaan tragis dan berpisah dari istrinya.<br/><br/>Di antara mereka, tidak ada yang lebih menarik perhatian daripada Ana dan José, pasangan penuh teka-teki dari Spanyol. Mengapa mereka kerap saling melontarkan kalimat-kalimat ganjil tentang alam semesta dan Joker? Mengapa Ana begitu mirip dengan model lukisan Maja karya Goya yang terkenal? Dan siapakah Joker itu? Apa hubungannya dengan Maya, “ilusi-dunia”?<br/><br/>Novel Jostein Gaarder ini menyoroti gagasan-gagasan yang besar: penciptaan alam semesta, evolusi kehidupan di atas bumi, munculnya manusia, dan tujuan dari keberadaan manusia.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot; Diperlukan waktu bermiliar-miliar tahun untuk menciptakan seorang manusia. tetapi dibutukan hanya satu detik untuk mati&quot;.. <br/><br/>dan nasib buku ini pun sama... untuk bisa beli ni buku butuh berhari-hari nabung..tetatpi hanya satu detik aq lupa..dan buku yg belum selesai ku baca ini...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61157697">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Thrown together for three days on the paradise island of Taveuni, a lonely Norwegian biologist, a bereaved English novelist, and a strange and beautiful Spanish couple so much in love they seem to have evolved a private language, fill the long Pacific nights by playing bridge, telling stories, and discussing ideas. This brief encounter is no mere interlude, but the start of an intertwined story, full of illusion and allusion, that will unfold many months later. Part tragedy, part mystery, and, above all, a love story, Maya debates and unravels the questions that give meaning to the lives of its characters—and to our own. Jostein Gaarder is the author of <em>Sophie's World,</em> a huge bestseller in over 40 countries.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[چند روز پیش رفتم شهر کتاب نیاوران و دیدم ترجمه شده...یک کتاب  جدید از نویسنده مورد علاقه ام...بهترین چیزه که با خودت ببریش مسافرت و تو اوغات فراغتت بخونیش...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[John Spoke, famous British author, has since the death of his wife, been left unable to write--that is until his chance meeting on a remote Fijian island with the characters who are to become the protagonists of his new novel. Jostein Gaarder takes his main characters: Ana and Jose, the enigmatic Spanish couple who speak mostly in aphorisms, Frank Anderson, an evolutionary biologist from Norway and Spoke, his author from Croydon, and has them meet in a place of extraordinary natural beauty--a garden of Eden untainted by the eco-pollution of the rest of the planet. In this location the characters are forced to contemplate Man's influence on the world, his place in evolutionary history and his responsibility for the future. Here they connect, exchange philosophies and become entwined in each others' stories.<p>From Fiji, the action moves to Spain, and the momentum builds. We discover that Ana is in fact a famous flamenco dancing gypsy, and that she bears a striking resemblance to the subject of a painting completed 200 years before her birth: Goya's <em>Maja Nuda</em>. It is also revealed that Ana's life--like that of her ancestors--is punctuated by the appearance of a time-travelling dwarf. These mysteries come as challenges and we are asked to make sense of them.<p><em>Maya</em> is a novel with big themes: love, loss, ecology, evolution and consciousness. It is also ambitiously told with its multiple locations and its many narrative voices. But John Sessions handles this well with a pace and style that prevent the listener from losing the action. The novel closes with a puzzle, but also with the recognition that life, while baffling at times, is certainly rich and must be lived fully. --<em>Judith Walters</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Aquí el espacio y el tiempo es relativo en el cuerpo de una mujer que se parece  la maja de Goya en tiempos actuales ¿Reencarnación?Misterio y Filosofía]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Diperlukan waktu bermiliar-miliar tahun untuk menciptakan seorang manusia.Dan diperlukan hanya beberapa detik untuk mati.<br/><br/>Di Pulau Taveuni, Fiji, sejumlah orang tanpa sengaja berkumpul. Setiap dari mereka diam-diam menyimpan luka di hati. John Spooke, seorang penulis Inggris, masih berduka akan kematian istrinya. Frank Andersen, seorang ahli biologi evolusioner dari Norwegia, kehilangan seorang anak dalam sebuah kecelakaan tragis dan berpisah dari istrinya.<br/><br/>Di antara mereka, tidak ada yang lebih menarik perhatian daripada Ana dan José, pasangan penuh teka-teki dari Spanyol. Mengapa mereka kerap saling melontarkan kalimat-kalimat ganjil tentang alam semesta dan Joker? Mengapa Ana begitu mirip dengan model lukisan Maja karya Goya yang terkenal? Dan siapakah Joker itu? Apa hubungannya dengan Maya, “ilusi-dunia”?<br/><br/>Novel Jostein Gaarder ini menyoroti gagasan-gagasan yang besar: penciptaan alam semesta, evolusi kehidupan di atas bumi, munculnya manusia, dan tujuan dari keberadaan manusia.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Di buku Gaarder kali ini g tidak mnemukan sesuatu yang baru, hanya mengingatkan ma Misteri Soliter. Malah terkesan pengulangan ide aja, dengan sedikit menambah bumbu perdebatan teori darwin dan megahnya seni karya manusia. <br/><br/>Mungkin lebih bagus kalau baca buku ini dulu baru Misteri Soliter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24875292">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[menunggu di baca abis ujian yaaa... tp liat cover versi indonesianya ga kuku..huhu..]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[open my mind about love. really different from the first Jostein's]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[it's very deep<br/>i have a plan to read<br/>but if i have time :P]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Haven't complete it yet.I lost the book when i was in Jakarta. Hiks..]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[finally..akhirnya selesai juga. kita diajak menelusuri misteri kehidupan. Mundur ke periode devon, zaman karbon, jurassic, hingga jauh ke big bang.<br/>&quot;tepuk tangan untuk big bang baru muncul 15 milyar tahun setelahnya&quot;<br/>&quot;saudara tiri neanderthal yg ternama, katak yang bermetamo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23013774">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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