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Description:
It's almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last
Christmas as special as possible. Cecilia has cancer. An angel steps through her window. So
begins a spirited and engaging series of conversations between Cecelia and her angel. As the sick
girl thinks about her life and prepares for her death, she changes subtly, in herself and in her
relationships with her family. Jostein Gaarder is a profoundly optimistic writer, who writes about
death with wisdom, compassion and an enquiring mind. 'Through a Glass, Darkly' will not only
bring comfort to the bereaved. It will move and amaze everyone who reads it.
About Author:
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 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 = 77,000 ), awarded annually. It
is named after the novel.
Other Editions:
Books By Author:
- Sophie's World
- Maya
- Wolfsaga
- Madita
- Cold River
- Karius und Baktus
- Art in Nature
- Perempuan Bernama Arjuna: filsafat dalam fiksi
- Theo's Odyssey
- Olenka
- Good Benito
- Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (Pumuckl #1)
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