The Orange Girl

The Orange Girl

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At fifteen, Georg comes upon a letter written to him by his dying father, to be read when he comes of age. Their two voices make a fascinating dialogue as Georg comes to know the father he can barely remember, then is challenged by him to answer some profound questions. The central mystery of The Orange Girl is the story of an elusive young woman for whom Georg’s father se...more
Paperback, 152 pages
Published July 1st 2005 by Phoenix (first published January 1st 2003)
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...جوستاين يكرس مفهوم الوجود وقيمة الحياة ونهاية الإنسان ويغرس مفهوم العائلة
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Nuzhat
Aug 29, 2007 Nuzhat rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who wants to learn to let go.
This book helped me be calm and still in a very difficult time in my life. I borrowed it from a friend, Shehneela, when I chanced upon it in her hostel room. I did not have any great reasons to pick this book up when she offered me to select something from her bookshelf, but now I am glad I picked this one up.

I cannot explain in simple words how this book has helped untie a knot in my heart and mind, but it has, and for that reason, I wanted to do away with Shehneela's copy altogether. I was uns...more
Lynossa
Apr 03, 2011 Lynossa rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: own
Few days ago Kay-c asked me what book should she read if she wants to start reading philosophy book. I immediately said' Jostein Gaarder's!'. Jostein Gaarder was the reason why I read philosophy book in the first place. I read Sophie's World years ago and I was hooked! So I started reading his other books. Orange Girl isn't my favorite Gaarder but that doesn't mean this book isn't worthy of your time. On the contrary, I think this is one of the must-read book; especially if you're taking interes...more
Palsay
Melalui novel Gadis Jeruk, sepertinya Jostein Gaarder hendak membuka mata kita tentang ihwal keberadaan manusia, termasuk keberadaan alam semesta itu sendiri yang telah menciptakan kita.

Kira-kira 15 milyar tahun yang lalu, telah terjadi sebuah ledakan besar yang menciptakan galaksi kita. Dimana sejak saat itu, dari sebongkah gas panas yang secara berangsur-angsur memadat dan mendingin, terciptalah kehidupan seperti yang kita sekarang alami. 15 milyar tahun bukanlah waktu sebentar, tentunya kita...more
sinta nisfuanna
Georg menerima sebuah amplop besar dari neneknya. Sebuah surat yang telah berumur 11 tahun, surat yang ditinggal Ayahnya sehari sebelum dia meninggal. Perasaan aneh menyelimuti Georg.

"...seperti menemukan album yang belum pernah dibuka sebelumnya, berisi foto baru Ayah dan Aku" [18]

Georg mulai tenggelam dalam lembaran surat. Tenggelam dengan kisah pertemuan Ayah dengan seorang gadis dengan sekantong besar jeruk di sebuah trem yang mendebarkan, pertemuan singkat yang meninggalkan jejak dihatinya...more
Nufach
Namanya George. Seorang anak laki-laki berusia lima belas tahun. Ia tidak pernah bertemu dengan Ayahnya. Jan Olav, Ayah George meninggal pada saat ia berusia lima tahun. Namun pada suatu hari, ia menemukan surat dari masa lalu. Sebuah surat dari masa lalu yang ditulis oleh Ayahnya. Sebuah surat yang diperuntukkan bagi George yang hidup di masa depan. Surat yang mengisahkan tentang “Gadis Jeruk”. Surat ini sengaja disimpan di kereta dorong bayi milik George. Sebelum meninggal, Ayahnya berpesan ag...more
Kerli
Feb 25, 2013 Kerli rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone. READ IT!!
Recommended to Kerli by: Sophie's World
What a beautiful, moving book. I read Sophie's World, because someone recommended it to me (I think it might have been just a random man in the library), and I wasn't that impressed, but his imaginative world was enough for me to try and read more - so I got this and Solitaire Mystery out as well. And I loved both of them.

I can't really say why I liked this one so much. I am not a chick-lit fan, the only romances I have actually read and liked are by Austen, so this was not as much about the rel...more
Israa Hojerat
لقد بدأتُ أفهم ذلك الذي يجعل الأشباح تزمجر وتهدرُ في أحيانٍ كثيرة . فهي لا تفعل ذلك لرعبٍ تريد أن تبثه في نفوس نسلها ، بل لعُسرٍ في التنفس في زمنٍ غير الزمن الذي دَرَجت عليه وألِفته طويلاً
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الأمراضُ الحليمة الرؤوفة هي التي تسمّر المريض فجأة في سريره . لكنّ المرض الخبيث يحتاج في غالب الأحيان لوقتٍ طويل لكي يقضي على صاحبه نهائياً ويذهب به من حيث لا عودة .
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عندما يقع الأطفال في الحب إما أن يتعاركوا وإما أن يجذب أحدهم شعر الآخر ، وربما يتقاذفون كرات الثلج ، أتصور أنّ الأطفال في التاسعة عشرة كانوا أمك...more
Khairunisa Putri
JUDUL : Gadis Jeruk
PENULIS : Jostein Gaarder
PENERBIT : Mizan
TAHUN TERBIT : Cetakan ll, Oktober 2011
JUMLAH HALAMAN : 252
HARGA : Rp. 42.000
ISBN : 978-979-433-623-6

Georg Roed pada usianya yang ke- 15 tahun mendapat surat dari ayahnya yang meninggal sebelas tahun yang lalu. Melalui surat yang ditulis ayah Georg sebelum wafat, ayahnya berkisah tentang masa mudanya yang bertemu dengan gadis misterius yang membawa sekantong besar jeruk. Ayahnya Georg jatuh cinta dengan si gadis jeruk ia mulai mencari...more
Lara
C’era una volta una ragazza con un enorme sacco di arance in piedi sul tram di Oslo. Potrebbe tranquillamente cominciare in questo modo questo libro di Jostein Gaarder perchè la storia che ci racconta ha tutte le carte in regola, almeno dal punto di vista del protagonista, per essere una favola. In realtà la storia è leggermente più complessa. Un giorno Georg torna a casa da scuola e trova la madre, il suo compagno e i nonni in sua attesa con una lettera, una lettera scritta dal padre di Georg p...more
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Well, it has been many years since I read a book, cover to cover, over the course of a day or two. The Orange Girl has restored my faith in my ability to do just this. I have found that every book I have read of Gaarder's has held me captivated and I love the way in which not one word is wasted nor is it skimmed over (on my part!). This book is no exception.

The Orange Girl's main focus is on Georg, his deceased father and his father's love and obsession with the 'Orange Girl'. Georg's father die...more
Rifqi
Apa yang anda pikirkan ketika di hadapan anda ada setumpuk kertas berisikan pesan wasiat dari orang yang telah lama tiada.? Sepetak tanah? emas permata? ataukah benda pusaka? Berbeda dengan surat wasiat pada umumnya yang berisikan pembagian harta warisan, surat wasiat ini justru tidak membahas harta sama sekali. Hanya cerita. Itu saja.

Wasiat dari orang yang telah wafat biasanya merupakan sesuatu yang sangat penting dan berharga. sepakat? ya sama dengan wasiat yang diterima oleh pemuda tanggung b...more
Raingirl
This book is about a riddle from the past. Riddle about love, oranges, and yes, The Orange Girl. About a guy rediscovering his dead father through his letters. Its about the two voices of the son and the father, the past and the present, coming together in perfect harmony. His father writes in the most beautifully simple manner about his illness, about the Hubble telescope, about The Orange Girl, and the riddle called life.

"Sometimes I have to sleep a bit at this time of the day too, not because...more
ana "a kecil"
Waktu, Georg, apakah waktu itu? (hlm. 207)

Akankah aku memilih untuk hidup di bumi setelah mengetahui dengan pasti bahwa aku akan tiba-tiba dicabut dari sana, dan barangkali di tengah-tengah kebahagiaan yang memabukkan? Atau, akankah aku, bahkan pada tahap yang paling awal, dengan hormat menolak untuk ikut dalam permainan ini? (hlm 210)

Ya, aku tidak yakin apa yang akan kupilih. Kupikir aku akan menolak untuk menerima persyaratannya. Jika ini hanya sebuah kunjungan singkat, barangkali aku akan den...more
Septri Lediana
Novel Filsafat, Dongeng Kehidupan

Tak perlu diragukan lagi Jostein Gaarder adalah ahlinya pengarang novel bertema filsafat. Dunia Sophie novel best seller internasional yang menjadi buku pengantar kuliah filsafat di berbagai universitas dunia adalah salah satu buktinya. Diikuti dengan Maya dan Mysteri Soliter yang juga kental filsafat dan tak kalah brilian. Jostein memang mampu menyajikan filsafat dan ilmu pengetahuan menjadi cerita novel yang menarik, ringan dan nyaman di baca. Kali ini karyanya...more
Alin A
Dapatkah kamu membayangkan jika dirimu tiba-tiba memperoleh surat yang ditulis oleh ayahmu yang telah meninggal belasan tahun yang lalu? Setidaknya itulah yang dirasakan oleh Georg Roed, seorang remaha usia 15 tahun yang memperoleh surat itu disimpan di kereta masa kecilnya. Surat itu, ditulis oleh ayahnya Jan Olav ketika telah divonis sakit keras serta usianya tak akan lama lagi. Karena bagi ayahnya kisah ini perlu diceritakan untuk anak lelakinya, maka ia pun menuliskan surat untuk anaknya.

Ini...more
drg Rifqie Al Haris
Review keduaku, setelah kemarin mencoba menulis review Galaksi Kinanthi

Ini buku kedua Gaarder yang aku baca setelah Dunia Sophie.
Lagi-lagi Gaarder menyajikan pelajaran filsafat di sini. Tapi dengan gaya bahasa yang seringan novel keluarga, Gaarder menggiring pemikiran kita ke arah pemikiran filosofis, tanpa sedikitpun membuat kita kebingungan mencerna bahasanya. Tentu saja sangat jauh lebih ringan dibandingkan gaya bahasa Sartre atau Nietsche. Aku menyebut Gaarder sebagai filosof yang down to ea...more
Sparkle
This was one awesome book! I actually just came to read it because of my seat mate in fourth year high school. She was the one who owns the book actually. I saw the book on her desk and asked her about it. She told me that it's better if I read the book myself because it was so hard for her to explain everything in the book. I didn't hesitate, I immediately grabbed that opportunity to be able to read the book. I was so curious about its cover and its title "The Orange Girl". In the process of re...more
Zschahna
"Das Orangenmädchen" ist ein ganz besonderes Buch.
Georg ist fünfzehn als er einen Brief seines verstorbenen Vaters findet. Dieser bedeutet ihm so viel, dass er beschlossen hat ein Buch darüber zu schreiben, in welchem er die Situation beschreibt, als er den Brief gefunden und ihn dann gelesen hat und wo er auch die wichtige Frage beantwortet, die sein Vater ihm am Ende des Briefes gestellt hat.
Das Buch beinhaltet zwei Geschichten - den Brief des Vaters, in welchem er seine Geschichte erzählt und...more
Grace Wright
Imagine finding a letter from your dead father in an old chair. Strange. I would be a little freaked out. Ok, maybe more then a little.

The boy's father died when the boy (whats his name again?) was only a toddler. But his father senced his time was almost up and began to write a letter to his son for when he was older. He wrote the tale of the Orange girl, a young lady who would most of the time appear with oranges near by. Once done with the letter, he stuffs it in the back of an old chair, in...more
Julia
Too sweetish and too simplistic for me.......i really wanted to like this book much more, maybe it would have surprised or enchanted me more if i hadn't watched the movie right before reading it - and i loved the film....it moved me to tears, i adored the characters and the plot - maybe i was just in the right mood for romance, maybe it's a good example of a great adaptation of a book into a script. the book is a really fast read, but the serious topic - a father who knows he's dying is writing...more
Best
A 15-year-old boy received a letter addressed to him from his father who had died 11 years ago. And they ended up writing this book together. This is a book telling a story in a quite original way. It's both interesting and boring. I lost my enthusiasm and interest sometimes along the way because of the father's long talk, but in general this is a nice book. It made me cry a bit here and there too, bringing back the memories of my lost dad and what we did together. There's this bit about his mot...more
Taher
مانند سایر آثار گاردر، زبانی ساده و احساسی معصومانه دارد. داستان راز عشقی عجیب و زیبا که پس از مرگ پدر برای پسر فاش می شود.
همه ی برخوردهای روزمره ما و اتفاقات پیرامونی که شاید به نظر ساده و معمول و تکراری می آیند، هر کدام نشانه ای است، نشانه ای از دخترک پرتقالی امان.
Anastasia
Georg Roed è un giovane quindicenne - che, come in ogni storia che abbia come voce narrante un adolescente, è avanti rispetto ai suoi coteanei, è un mezzo genietto, è sensibbbile etc etc - che vive con la madre e il patrigno, e un bel giorno il fantasma del papà riappare tramite una lunga lettera scovata nei meandri di un passeggino rosso di famiglia. Come in ogni libro strappalacrime di bassa lega che si rispetti, il papà morì di malattia quando Georg era piccolo, e quindi si sentiva di lasciar...more
Soulmaz
دختر پرتقالي نام عشق ِ دست يافتني مردي است كه داستان آشنايي مرموز خود با او
را براي پسرش در قالب نامه، در واپسين روزهاي باقي مانده ي عمرش روايت مي كند. وقتي اين داستان را مي خواندم خدا را شكر كردم كه پدرم زنده است و من او را واقعا دوست دارم ، دوست داشتن به معناي واقعي البته در قالب عشق فرزند به پدر
اما هرگز اين افتخار نصيبم نشده كه با پدرم همان گونه سخن بگويم كه جرج در اين داستان با پدرش مي گفت يا بلعكس


در جايي از داستان پدر (‌جان الوا) به پسرش چيزي مي گويد كه من دوست داشتم البته اين سليقه ي شخصي...more
Tea Time Blog
I just finished reading The Orange Girl and I have to say that I could not stop myself from crying. This story is so beautiful and sad at the same time that it just affects you deep down in your heart.

It is a relatively short story, but it is beautifully written. It is a story about love, about death, about the universe and it is questioning all of this. The essential question of this story is if the short period of time each and everyone of us gets to spend on earth is worth it. The book provok...more
Azia
Georg RØed telah ditinggalkan oleh Ayahnya ketika berusia empat tahun. Ingatan Georg akan Ayahnya hanya samar-samar. Ia mengenali sosoknya dari foto-foto lama dan rekaman video sewaktu kecil.

Siapa sangka dari kereta dorong bayi Georg ditemukan surat-surat dari Ayahnya yang dituliskan khusus untuk Georg. Ayahnya mengetahui ia sedang sakit keras dan tak akan sempat berkenalan lebih jauh dengan Georg. Saat inilah, ketika ia berusia lima belas tahun, ia akan mengenal Ayahnya lebih dekat. Siapakah S...more
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delnaz
zendegi bakhtazmaii azimi ast ke dar an fagat shomarehaye barande ra mitavan did.
ama royahaye geire momken nam makhsosi darad ke be an omid migoim.

ketab ba ye halo havaye bachegane shoro mishe, dar morede ye pesar bachast ke pedaresho vaghti 3 salo nimesh bode az dast dade, vali pedaresh barash nameii gozashte ke hala yani 11sal bad peida mishe, bishtar dastan to nameye pedar migzare, ba vojodike shakhsiate aslie dastan pedar va madare in bachast vali mozoe 2khtare portegali mesle ye dastane dig...more
Sally906
Georg is fifteen years of age when he is given a letter that was written by his father some eleven years earlier. Georg’s father died of cancer and while he was dying he wrote to his four year old son who he would never see grow up. Georg’s family all gather to hear what is written in the letter but Georg locks himself away in his bedroom and starts to read with his mother lurking outside asking him if he is ok until the letter is read.

Georg’s father tells him about a young woman he met while at...more
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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 metafiction 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 abou...more
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“Imagine that you were on the threshold of this fairytale, sometime billions of years ago when everything was created. And you were able to choose whether you wanted to be born to a life on this planet at some point. You wouldn’t know when you were going to be born, nor how long you’d live for, but at any event it wouldn’t be more than a few years. All you’d know was that, if you chose to come into the world at some point, you’d also have to leave it again one day and go away from everything. This might cause you a good deal of grief, as lots of people think that life in the great fairytale is so wonderful that the mere thought of it ending can bring tears to their eyes. Things can be so nice here that it’s terribly painful to think that at some point the days will run out. What would you have chosen, if there had been some higher power that had gave you the choice? Perhaps we can imagine some sort of cosmic fairy in this great, strange fairytale. What you have chosen to live a life on earth at some point, whether short or long, in a hundred thousand or a hundred million years? Or would you have refused to join in the game because you didn’t like the rules? (...) I asked myself the same question maybe times during the past few weeks. Would I have elected to live a life on earth in the firm knowledge that I’d suddenly be torn away from it, and perhaps in the middle of intoxicating happiness? (...) Well, I wasn’t sure what I would have chosen. (...) If I’d chosen never to the foot inside the great fairytale, I’d never have known what I’ve lost. Do you see what I’m getting at? Sometimes it’s worse for us human beings to lose something dear to us than never to have had it at all.” 69 people liked it
“If I’d chosen never to the foot inside the great fairytale, I’d never have known what I’ve lost. Do you see what I’m getting at? Sometimes it’s worse for us human beings to lose something dear to us than never to have had it at all.” 29 people liked it
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