Name: Questions Asked
Price: 14.17 EUR
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Author: Gaarder, Jostein ; Bartlett, Don ; Duezakin, Akin
ISBN: 9780914671664

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2017

Language

English

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Hardcover

ISBN13

9780914671664

Synopsis "Questions Asked "

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.

Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder (Oslo, 1952) was a Philosophy and History of Ideas teacher at a high school in Bergen for ten years. In 1986, he began publishing books, and in 1990 he received the Critics' Prize and the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literary Award for his novel The Solitaire Mystery. However, it was Sophie's World that became a true global bestseller and has been awarded in Spain with the Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize and the Count of Barcelona Prize.

Gaarder created the Sophie Foundation, whose annual prize financially supported the best innovative work for the environment and development. Among his extensive work, in addition to the novels already mentioned, are The Diagnosis, The Christmas Mystery, The Mirror's Enigma, Vita Brevis, Maya, The Storyteller, The Orange Girl, and The Puppeteer.

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