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Jostein Gaarder

Born

in Oslo, Norway

August 08, 1952

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Philosophy

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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 ...more

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	Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 280,382 ratings — published 1991 — 476 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orange Girl 3.91 avg rating — 36,359 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder, Hilde Kramer (Illustrator), Sarah Jane Hails (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 27,215 ratings — published 1990 — 164 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 8,597 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Christmas Mystery 3.74 avg rating — 7,738 ratings — published 1992 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder, James Anderson (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 5,929 ratings — published 2000 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maya 3.60 avg rating — 5,411 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine by Jostein Gaarder, Anne Born (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 4,720 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مرحبا... هل من أحد هناك؟ by Jostein Gaarder, أماني العشماوي (ترجمة), وليد طاهر (رسوم) 3.75 avg rating — 4,649 ratings — published 1996 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perpustakaan Ajaib Bibbi Bokken by Jostein Gaarder, Klaus Hagerup, Ridwana Saleh (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 4,234 ratings — published 1993 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

tags: philosophy, self-knowledge

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

tags: curiosity

770 likes

“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

tags: life, living

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1928, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, 296 pages

28 votes, 20.4%

1991, Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 403 pages

23 votes, 16.8%

1972, Watership Down by Richard Adams, 478 pages

19 votes, 13.9%

1954, I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, 160 pages

18 votes, 13.1%

1931, Light in August by William Faulkner, 507 pages

15 votes, 10.9%

1984, The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, 544 pages

9 votes, 6.6%

1953, Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin, 290 pages

9 votes, 6.6%

1943, The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 530 pages

6 votes, 4.4%

1929, Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, 644 pages

6 votes, 4.4%

1953, The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow, 586 pages

4 votes, 2.9%

137 total votes

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