Gaarder, Jostein

"Follows a little boy traveling alone in an open landscape, asking questions about loss, love, friendship, language, magic, and what it means to be a human being"-- Provided by publisher.

Uses the life of a schoolgirl, Sophie, as a backdrop for a discussion of the meaning of life and the history of philosophy.

Hans Thomas and his father embark on a road trip from Norway to Greece to try and find Han's mother who left years earlier, but he must first decipher clues from the past before he can understand his mother's actions.

Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.

Uses the life of a schoolgirl, Sophie, as a backdrop for a discussion of the meaning of life and the history of philosophy.

A novel about the history of philosophy, that uses the life of a schoolgirl, Sophie, as a backdrop for a discussion of the meaning of life.

A novel about the history of philosophy, that uses the life of a schoolgirl, Sophie, as a backdrop for a discussion of the meaning of life.