Jostein Gaarder Libros

Un libro profundo que levanta eternas preguntas de la humanidad: ¿quiénes somos?, ¿cuál es el significado de la vida?, ¿está determinado nuestro destino? Por Jostein Gaarder, autor de El mundo de Sofía. Hans Thomas, un muchacho noruego de 12 años, emprende un viaje hacia Atenas en busca de la madre que le abandonó. El azar hace que se detenga en Dorf, un pueblo donde un viejo panadero regala al joven un libro diminuto. A partir de ese momento, el muchacho inicia otro viaje paralelo: el de la imaginación. Sabrá de Frode, un marinero que naufragó y sobrevivió en una isla desierta, de su baraja de naipes y de cómo combatió su soledad haciendo que cada una de las 53 cartas tuviera vida propia. A Hans Thomas le surgirá una pregunta: ¿hasta qué punto podemos nosotros, a diferencia de los naipes, determinar nuestro destino?

Poco antes de cumplir los quince anos, la joven Sofia recibe una misteriosa carta anonima con las siguientes preguntas: 'Quien eres?', 'De donde viene el mundo?'. Este es el punto de partida de una apasionada expedicion a traves de la historia de la filosofia con un enigmatico filosofo. A lo largo de la novela, Sofia ira desarrollando su identidad a medida que va ampliando su pensamiento a traves de estas ensenanzas: porque la Verdad es mucho mas interesante y mas compleja de lo que podria haber imaginado en un principio. El mundo de Sofia no es solo una novela de misterio, tambien es la primera novela hasta el momento que presenta una completa - y entretenida - historia de la filosofia desde sus inicios hasta nuestros dias. 'Un nuevo y sorprendente exito literario, el mas importante desde el misterio monastico erudito de Umberto Eco con El nombre de la rosa.' Der Spiegel 'Queria Jostein Gaarder escribir una novela para jovenes que buscan el sentido de la vida, sin embargo ahora El mundo de Sofia es un libro de culto para adultos.' Stern

Se sabe, aunque la Iglesia siempre ha pasado de puntillas sobre este hecho, que San Agustin, mas tarde Padre de la Iglesia latina, tuvo en su juventud una amante que le dio un hijo al que amo con predileccion. Vita brevis (1996), la primera novela de Jostein Gaarder no dirigida al lector juvenil, es la carta manuscrita que supuestamente Floria, su amante, le escribio al hilo de la lectura de sus Confesiones, la obra fundamental del santo obispo de Hipona. En ella, con ironia y sarcasmo, critica a Agustin por haber abandonado el verdadero y autentico amor humano para entregarse a uno divino, del que poco se sabe.Vita brevis es una novela diferente, una ardiente defensa del amor sensual y una fervorosa critica a la represion religiosa de las pasiones y sentimientos humanos; una obra completamente distinta a las anteriores del autor, aunque lleve el inconfundible sello de su siempre alerta curiosidad filosofica.

Jostein Garrader, autor de El mundo de Sofía, seduce con una novela de suspense donde mezcla ciencia, filosofía, historia y amor. «¿Qué podemos hacer tú y yo para aceptar que la vida sea tan breve?» Desde distintos escenarios, como el último reducto ecológico de las islas Fiyi o una España de arte y flamenco, los personajes de Maya disertan sobre la teoría de la evolución del hombre a partir del Big Bang, se sumergen en hipótesis sobre la relatividad del Tiempo y la finalidad del Universo y nos descubren el concepto hindú de Maya para explicar la visión que tiene el hombre de la realidad.

Bestselling philosophy book is reimagined for the first time as a graphic novel One day, young Sophie finds a letter addressed to her that contains only one question: "Who are you?" Then there's another one asking, "Where does the world come from?" The sender of these letters remains a mystery, but the questions intrigue Sophie. This is the beginning of a strange correspondence that will lead the young girl on a coming-of-age quest to meet major figures of philosophy (Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Hegel, Sartre, etc.). In the first volume, Sophie begins by questioning the philosophers of Antiquity and goes all the way to those of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This is the first of two volumes. In the second volume, she discovers metaphysical doubt while continuing on her way to modern times. This comic book adaptation of Jostein Gaarder's original book breathes new life into a cult classic.

From the author of SOPHIES WORLD, a contemporary novel about a teenage girl, dying from cancer, who is visited by an angel.

'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg Røed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres around an incident in his father's youth. One day he boarded a tram and was captivated by a beautiful girl standing in the aisle, clutching a huge paper bag of luscious-looking oranges. Suddenly the tram gave a jolt and he stumbled forward, sending the oranges flying in all directions. The girl simply hopped off the tram leaving Georg's father with arms full of oranges. Now, from beyond the grave, he is asking his son to help him finally solve the puzzle of her identity.

A picture book with fundamental philosophical questions, posed in a way only Jostein Gaarder is capable of. The illustrator has made an independent visual narrative that underscores the existential aspect of Jostein Gaarder's philosophical questions. Questions Asked shows confidence in a child's capacity to think deeply and read between the lines. The book follows a little boy traveling alone in an open landscape. Soon we realize he is on a journey of thoughts and dreams, asking questions about loss, myth, language, magic, and what it means to be a human being. Jostein Gaarder's philosophical questions merge with the beautiful illustrations of Akin Düzakin into a tale of friendship, love, and grief - and about daring to think about life as you live it.

Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he notices an amulet of amber around her neck, the same trinket he had given his own lost child, who was swept away in a torrent some sixteen years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and fantasist, and perhaps Jostein Gaarder's most intriguing character since Sophie. As an adult, Petter makes his living selling stories and ideas to professionals suffering from writers block. But as Petter sits spinning his tales, he finds himself in a trap of his own making.

Fifty years ago a girl disappeared from her home in Norway. She ran after a lamb and found herself travelling right across Europe to Palestine, and back through 2000 years to meet the Holy Family in Bethlehem. There she met angels, shepherds, wise men and other biblical characters who joined her on her pilgrimage; and she heard of many of the things that happened in the world in the last 2000 years. In present-day Norway, a boy acquires a strange old Advent calendar. Hidden in each of the windows is a tiny piece of paper. Little by little these pieces unfold the girl's story and as we learn what happened to her, another story is revealed - that of the strange old man who made the calender.